Subject(s): Intergovernmental fiscal relations in Scandinavia. -- Style, reform and performance : fiscal federalism, Local government reforms in the nordic countries, Reforming a centralized system of local public finance, Local governments integrated in a welfare state -- Demand : Demographic shift, relative costs and the allocation of local public consumption in Norway, Demand for local government goods- Impact of parties , committees and public sector politicians, Local politicians response towards citizens, Efficiency in the provision of local public goods in Norway, Local public expenditure in Sweden -- Political institutions : Real and perceived effects of changing the grant system from specific to general grants, Political control of administrative spending, Economic and political determinants of fee income in Norwegian local governments, Local government grants and income tax revenue, Political economic determinants of school spending in federal states, Local government service production : politics of allocative sluggishness -- Cost and control : Central regulation of local spending decision so pervasive, Agenda setting power and moral hazard in principle agent relationships, Cost efficiency in the provision of child care services, - Hedonic cost approach, Spending and overspending in local government administration, Envy, fairness and political influence in local government wage determination -- Theory : Behaviour of bureaucrats and the choice between single purpose and multi purpose authorities, Employment and wages in the private and local government sectors in a centralized fiscal system, Central regulation of local government borrowing- Game theoretical approach