Florida International University FIU Digital Commons FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations University Graduate School 3-26-2012 Fiscal Decentralization and Development: An Analysis of City Governments in Argentina and Mexico, 1980–2010 Heidi Jane M. Smith Florida International University,
[email protected] DOI: 10.25148/etd.FI12050219 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd Recommended Citation Smith, Heidi Jane M., "Fiscal Decentralization and Development: An Analysis of City Governments in Argentina and Mexico, 1980–2010" (2012). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 613. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/613 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the University Graduate School at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Miami, Florida FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF CITY GOVERNMENTS IN ARGENTINA AND MEXICO, 1980–2010 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in PUBLIC AFFAIRS by Heidi Jane M. Smith 2012 To: Dean Kenneth Furton College of Arts and Sciences This dissertation, written by Heidi Jane M. Smith, and entitled Fiscal Decentralization and Development: An Analysis of City Governments in Argentina and Mexico, 1980–2010, having been approved in respect to style and intellectual content, is referred to you for judgment. We have read this dissertation and recommend that it be approved. _______________________________________ Meredith Newman _______________________________________ Keith D. Revell _______________________________________ David Bray _______________________________________ Andrew Selee _______________________________________ Allan Rosenbaum, Major Professor Date of Defense: March 26, 2012 The dissertation of Heidi Jane M.