The allocation of financial and fiscal powers
and intergovernmental financial relations are pivotal
for the very existence of a compound State. Furthermore, the struggle in the
accommodation of pluralism and context-specific interests, on the one side, and
of unity, equity and solidarity, on the other side, call for a constant
maintenance of the financial constitutional design. The current challenges, which
result from both the supranational sphere of economic governance and the
domestic claims for enhanced decentralization are emblematic in explaining the
dynamic nature of the financial settings. This applies to both federal and
regional States and results in frequent reforming processes of the financial
constitutions and the implementing legislation.
The research approach is
comparative and case-studies are federal and regional States, with a special
focus on institutional asymmetries (in particular on the financial regime of
the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano/Bozen).
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information including
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Contact: Alice Valdesalici
