Central Grants to Local Governments: The Political and Economic Impact of the Rate Support Grant in England and Wales

by R.J. Bennett

Central grants to local governments are a major aspect of public policy in all western economies. This book has two main aims: first, it seeks to relate central grants to the overall structure of taxes and expenditures of the economy as a whole, and second, it draws together for the first time a major set of empirical evidence on one major grant programme standing at 12,000 million in 1982, the Rate Support Grant in England and Wales. The thesis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521112699
• ISBN13: 9780521112697
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"