Local Constraints on Provincial Initiative in a Dynamic Context
The Case of Property Tax Reform in Ontario
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6236637 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frances Frisken (York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 351-378 |
| Publication date | 1991-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008423900005126 |
| OpenAlex | W2111263917 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Ontario's attempt in the 1970s to reform its system of local property taxation aimed to make the local tax system more equitable and efficient in the interest of allowing local governments greater autonomy to act within their own areas of responsibility. In trying to implement the programme, the government used a variety of means to inform local officials about the objectives of reform and to secure their co-operation in achieving it. These efforts failed and the province abandoned the field to local and regional governments, having concluded that the economic and political costs of provincially imposed reform outweighed any advantages to be derived from it. The outcome attested to the influence that local interests and institutions can exercise over provincial policy-making despite their legally subordinate position in the governmental hierarchy
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The public economy of metropolitan areas
City Limits
The Fiscal Crisis of the State
Urban political analysis
The Government and Politics of Ontario
Residential Property Tax Relief in Ontario
Equalization Payments
A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures
The Canada Assistance Plan
Can property taxes be reformed ? ‐ reflections on the Ontario experience
Minority Government in Ontario, 1975–1981
State capitalism and the urban fiscal crisis in the United States1
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
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| Citation span | 1968 - 1968 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |