Fiscal Fragmentation in Decentralized Countries 2007
DOI: 10.4337/9781781007617.00011
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Germany at the Junction Between Solidarity and Subsidiarity

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“…They won their case, which led to 2001 "Solidarity Pact II" reforms that took effect in 2005 and will last until 2019. Because of the coordinative nature of Germany's federalism though, the reforms did little to change the previous formula except to take a higher proportion of municipal revenues into account (Spahn and Werner 2007). The Bundesrat, which represents states and not voters or taxpayers, voted accordingly.…”
Section: Conclusion: Tax Regimes Protest and Policy Changementioning
confidence: 99%
“…They won their case, which led to 2001 "Solidarity Pact II" reforms that took effect in 2005 and will last until 2019. Because of the coordinative nature of Germany's federalism though, the reforms did little to change the previous formula except to take a higher proportion of municipal revenues into account (Spahn and Werner 2007). The Bundesrat, which represents states and not voters or taxpayers, voted accordingly.…”
Section: Conclusion: Tax Regimes Protest and Policy Changementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The incorporation of the much poorer eastern regions may, for instance, have pushed Germany closer to this breakpoint (Spahn and Werner 2005). If even a country as essentially homogeneous as Germany has a point beyond which those in richer regions are not prepared to expand their "span of concern" (Breton and Scott 1978) to encompass those in poorer regions within their distributive concerns, other countries-in Europe, the case of Belgium comes to mind 20 -may perhaps reach such a point at considerably lower levels of redistribution.…”
Section: The Trade -Offs Of Decentralizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Examples are the 1993 federalist constitution of Belgium, approved under the urge of the Flemish community [12] or the process of fiscal decentralization under way in Italy, partially responding to the emergence of a new autonomist party. Also in Germany after unification the trade-off between solidarity and subsidiarity became a critical issue [13]. 1 As a result of 15 years of reforms, in Italy the tax autonomy of decentralized governments has significantly 1 See also [14,15] for a discussion.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%