The Italian way to inter-municipal equalization

Alice Valdesalici; Francisco Javier Romero Caro

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-99812-6_12

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The Italian way to inter-municipal equalization

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The Italian way to inter-municipal equalization

Alice Valdesalici and Francisco Javier Romero Caro

Municipal Tasks and Financing: an Urban-Rural Perspective, pp.201-220

Local and Urban Governance, Springer

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99812-6_12

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Federalism

Local or State-Level Administration

Regionalism

Standardization

Public Finance

This chapter deals with the equalization mechanisms established in Italy to address horizontal imbalances among local entities, paying particular attention to inter-municipal redistribution schemes, emphasizing differences between urban and rural local governments. The strong constitutional asymmetry characterizing the regional scenario and the overall system of territorial organization is, among other things, also reflected in the system of local finance and, as such, in the related equalization schemes. Thus, this chapter first explores the local financing system in the ordinary regions, which is characterized by a high degree of centralization, paying special attention to the Municipal Solidarity Fund. It then deals with the special regions, that have their own systems of intermunicipal equalization. Finally, it also covers equalization in provinces and metropolitan cities.

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Title: The Italian way to inter-municipal equalization
Creators: Alice Valdesalici
Francisco Javier Romero Caro
Publication Details: Municipal Tasks and Financing: an Urban-Rural Perspective, pp.201-220
ISBN: 9783031998119
EISBN: 9783031998126
Series / Volume: Local and Urban Governance
Publisher: Springer
Cham
Identifiers: (EURAC)27943145
991007201645701241
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Academic Unit: Institute for Comparative Federalism
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Description coverage: none
Description audience: Scientific
Local Fields: Scientific
Author Names String: Valdesalici A, Romero Caro FJ
Book Editors: Velasco Caballero F, Burgi M, Kössler K

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