Though Japan has come to play a considerable part in the world economy, little is known in Western countries of its arrangements in the field of local public finance. This monograph is intended to fill this gap. It investigates the whole area of local public finance in Japan, at both the prefectural and municipal levels, including expenditure responsibilities, taxation powers and the different kinds of intergovernmental grants arrangements. As Japan is a unitary country, the central government has strong controlling powers over both levels of local government
'Local governments in Japan account for about 80 per cent of general government spending when exclud...
The purpose of the paper is to revaluate the roles of the reformed local autonomy for promoting dece...
"Local governments in Japan account for about 80 per cent of general government spending when exclud...
This paper discusses the role of central grants to local governments in Japan, focusing on their bud...
The basic aim in this paper is to clarify intergovernmental fiscal relations in Japan. Particular at...
Abstract Local governments in Japan account for about 80 per cent of general government spending whe...
In many countries, local borrowing is an important source for long-term development projects such as...
Japan’s mid-nineteenth century “opening-up” to Western influence, the so-called “Meiji Restoration”,...
This thesis examines the distribution of Japanese intergovernmental grants from the central governm...
In many countries, local borrowing is an important source for long-term development projects such as...
Japanese local governments play a major role in the public sector occupying nearly two-thirds of pub...
Japanese local governments play a major role in the public sector occupying nearly two-thirds of pub...
This book offers a new study of local government in Japan. There is an enormous amount of informatio...
Since the 90's, the process of decentralization has been a crucial agenda among Asian countries. Dec...
This paper examines the structure of Japanese local revenue and the characteristics of the Japanese ...
'Local governments in Japan account for about 80 per cent of general government spending when exclud...
The purpose of the paper is to revaluate the roles of the reformed local autonomy for promoting dece...
"Local governments in Japan account for about 80 per cent of general government spending when exclud...
This paper discusses the role of central grants to local governments in Japan, focusing on their bud...
The basic aim in this paper is to clarify intergovernmental fiscal relations in Japan. Particular at...
Abstract Local governments in Japan account for about 80 per cent of general government spending whe...
In many countries, local borrowing is an important source for long-term development projects such as...
Japan’s mid-nineteenth century “opening-up” to Western influence, the so-called “Meiji Restoration”,...
This thesis examines the distribution of Japanese intergovernmental grants from the central governm...
In many countries, local borrowing is an important source for long-term development projects such as...
Japanese local governments play a major role in the public sector occupying nearly two-thirds of pub...
Japanese local governments play a major role in the public sector occupying nearly two-thirds of pub...
This book offers a new study of local government in Japan. There is an enormous amount of informatio...
Since the 90's, the process of decentralization has been a crucial agenda among Asian countries. Dec...
This paper examines the structure of Japanese local revenue and the characteristics of the Japanese ...
'Local governments in Japan account for about 80 per cent of general government spending when exclud...
The purpose of the paper is to revaluate the roles of the reformed local autonomy for promoting dece...
"Local governments in Japan account for about 80 per cent of general government spending when exclud...