Control on regional government budgets is important in a monetary union as lower tiers of government have fewer incentives to consolidate debt. According to the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level; unsustainable non-Ricardian fiscal policies eventually force monetary policy to adjust. Hence, uncoordinated and non-regulated regional fiscal policies would therefore threaten price stability for the m...

The aim of this investigation was to examine the level of e-government adoption at regional level in Europe in terms of eight different categories addressing services provided, internal capacity in terms of training and policies, and perceived barriers to e-government. A survey of 1021 municipalities across seven European regions was conducted in order to ascertain the development of e-governme...

The struggle for regional government in Auckland The 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand had some quite interesting things to say about the future of local government. In a brief article it noted the disjunction between rapidly growing urban areas, like Auckland, and their fragmented local government systems, resulting in problems of planning, coordination and the execution of regional works and ...