Federal spending power in three federations: Australia, Canada and the United States
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Article Title | Federal spending power in three federations: Australia, Canada and the United States |
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ERA Journal ID | 33206 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Gray, Anthony |
Journal Title | Common Law World Review |
Journal Citation | 40 (1), pp. 13-39 |
Number of Pages | 27 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | Isle of Man, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1473-7795 |
1740-5556 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1350/clwr.2011.40.1.0215 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Index?index=journals/comlwr&collection=journals |
Abstract | This article considers the extent to which the national government in three federal systems studied has, or should have, a spending power under the national constitution. The article refers to economic and political science literature on the optimal allocation of responsibilities within a federal system, and concludes that the federal government requires a broad spending power in order to carry out distributive and stabilisation functions that most economists believe must practically occur at the national rather than sub-national level. To the extent that the recent High Court of Australia decision in Pape denies the Commonwealth spending power independent of a specified head of power, it is submitted that this is not an ideal finding. |
Keywords | fiscal federalism; federal systems; allocation of functions; vertical fiscal imbalance |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 480702. Constitutional law |
380112. Macroeconomics (incl. monetary and fiscal theory) | |
389901. Comparative economic systems | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Law |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0784/federal-spending-power-in-three-federations-australia-canada-and-the-united-states
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