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The conventional theory of fiscal federalism, which sees earmarking largely as a means to deal with positive spillovers in local expenditures, explains neither the level of such grants nor the trends over time. Nor can it readily account for the existence of non-matching, but still categorical, block grants. In this paper, we explore several alternative perspectives that interpret earmarking as a response to information failures between governments and, even more fundamentally, to accountability issues that arise between governments as well as between governments and voters.
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Co-sponsored by Ideas That Matter, on June 8, 2009, Dr. Mark Kleinman, Director of the London City Charter, was joined by panelists Phillip Abrahams, Manager, Intergovernmental Relations, Strategic and Corporate Policy Division, City of Toronto; and Judy Pfeifer, Vice President, Public Affairs, Hill and Knowlton.
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Co-sponsored by Ideas That Matter, on June 8, 2009, a presentation by Dr. Mark Kleinman, Director of the London City Charter. Dr. Kleinman was joined by panelists Phillip Abrahams, Manager, Intergovernmental Relations, Strategic and Corporate Policy Division, City of Toronto; and Judy Pfeifer, Vice President, Public Affairs, Hill and Knowlton.
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A presentation by André Côté, a Masters student at the School of Public Policy and Governance and holder of the Alan Broadbent Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance, on March 25, 2009, at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
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A paper by André Côté, a Masters student at the School of Public Policy and Governance and holder of the Alan Broadbent Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance.
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Co-sponsored by the Neptis Foundation and The GTA Forum, on January 29, 2008, with a presentation by Frances Frisken, Professor Emerita and Senior Scholar at York University, and panelists David Crombie, Judith Martin, and Andrew Sancton.
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Notes for a Presentation by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Roundtable on Economic Competitiveness and Social Cohesion, sponsored by the City of Toronto.
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Co-sponsored by the Program on Globalization and Regional Innovation Systems, a presentation by Jen Nelles, PhD student in Political Science and holder of the Alan Broadbent Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance, on March 26, 2007, at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
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