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Contents

Preface

Introduction - historical development

Organisation of central and local government

• State administration
• Local authorities
• Local councils
• Committees
• Magistracy authorities
• Joint local authority corporations
• Commissions, boards, etc
• Local administration

Distribution of tasks at state, municipal and county levels

State tasks

Municipal and county tasks

• The individual tasks

The relative size of local authorities in an international context

Local authority income

Loans and debts

Grants and equalization schemes

• Equalization of expenditure needs
• Equalization of tax base
• Other grants and equalization schemes
• General state grant
• The Expanded Total Balance Principle and budget guarantee
• State guarantee or self-budgeting

State management of the local government sector

• Supervision of municipalities and counties
• Budget cooperation

Key figures of the Danish economy

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Schultz Grafisk April 1996