Fiscal Adjustment and Economic Development : : A Case Study of Nova Scotia / / John F. Graham.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Graham, John F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1963
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 p.) :; Maps throughout

This study is an attempt to find a solution to the problem of fiscal adjustment between a province or a state and its municipalities–a pressing problem throughout Canada and the United States and in many other countries in view of the great disparities in the revenue-raising capacity of municipalities, their limited tax bases, and the pressure on them to provide higher levels of public services. The principles developed are of general applicability, but their use is illustrated by using Nova Scotia as a case study. The first of the series "Atlantic Provinces Studies" established by the Social Science Research Council of Canada to encourage research on the economic and social problems of the Atlantic Provinces.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- I. Introduction -- II. The Economy of Nova Scotia: A Geographical and Historical Perspective -- III. Federal-Provincial Fiscal Relations -- IV. Municipal Organization and Finance in Nova Scotia -- V. Why Nova Scotia is a Low-Income Province -- VI. The Pattern for Optimum Economic Adjustment: Further Analysis in the Nova Scotian Context -- VII. Principles of Fiscal Adjustment -- VIII. The Present Fiscal System in Nova Scotia and the Criterion of Fiscal Equity -- IX. A Programme for Fiscal Adjustment in Nova Scotia -- X. A Brief Summary of Results, and Conclusions -- Selected Bibliography -- Index