Fiscal federalism in Mexico: an analysis of the federal participation

The empirical evidence shows that when local governments receive funding almost exclusively through subsidies, it encourages greater spending, and probably a less efficient allocation of public spending. With the lack of correlation between the degree of decentralization of spending and the decentra...

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Author: Aquino Barrera, Fausto
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repository:Expresión Económica
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.148.202.248.171:article/823
Online Access:https://expresioneconomica.cucea.udg.mx/index.php/eera/article/view/823
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Fiscal federalism
fiscal decentralization
public finance
Federalismo fiscal
Descentralización fiscal
Finanzas públicas
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Summary:The empirical evidence shows that when local governments receive funding almost exclusively through subsidies, it encourages greater spending, and probably a less efficient allocation of public spending. With the lack of correlation between the degree of decentralization of spending and the decentralization of revenue, results budget problems to local governments. Count with new tax sources represents to local governments a recovery of competence to influence the quality and quantity of its own revenues; besides, this allows them to influence regional economic development by designing its own tax policy.