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1. Decentralization and Political Rents, Gianluigi Galeotti; 2. ThePolitical Economy of Tax and Expenditure Decentralization - Are ThereAnswers for Constitutional Reform? Erich Thoeni; 3. Developments in theTheory of Fiscal Federalism, David King; 4. Local Finance in Spain -Present Structure and Prospects for Applied Research, Antoni Castellsand Joaquim Vilanova; 5. Financing Local Government - An InternationalPerspective with Particular Reference to Local Taxation, Jeffrey Owens;6. How Far is the Poll Tax a "Community Charge"? The Implications ofService Usage Evidence, Glen Bramley and Julian Le Grand et al; 7.Reform of Local Taxation in Germany - Criteria and Proposals, HorstZimmerman; 8. Property Taxation in France, Remy Prud'homme andFrancoise Navarre; 9. Revealed Preferences for Local Public Goods - TheTurin Experiment, Stefano Piperno and Walter Santagata; 10. BusinessCollective Action and the Role of Local Government in EconomicDevelopment, Robert J. Bennett and John Sellgren.