Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaFiscal Decentralization in Specific Areas of Government A Technical Note
This study makes a contribution in two basic areas. First, it sets up a model which combines efficiency as well as political economy aspects in explaining the degree of fiscal decentralization. It innovates in making explicit the benefits from better informed politicians and policy makers (Von Hayek...
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Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C.
2013
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| author | Leonardo Letelier S José Luis Sáez Lozano |
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| description | This study makes a contribution in two basic areas. First, it sets up a model which combines efficiency as well as political economy aspects in explaining the degree of fiscal decentralization. It innovates in making explicit the benefits from better informed politicians and policy makers (Von Hayek effect) and the potential cost push effect on public services and public goods (Scale Effect) resulting from decentralization. It takes advantage of previous literature in recognizing the extent of the ideological distance between the local and the national median voter as a third factor worth considering in the social cost benefit analysis of decentralization. Second, the aforementioned effects are put into the context of specific functional areas of government, each of them having a particular set of characteristics which lead to a different degree of decentralization. The net outcome will be the result of combining the rent seeking orientation of the central government with the particular median voter demand for each different public good. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO829342022-03-22T16:08:02Z Fiscal Decentralization in Specific Areas of Government A Technical Note Leonardo Letelier S José Luis Sáez Lozano Economía y Finanzas Keywords political economy median voter fiscal federalism decentralization This study makes a contribution in two basic areas. First, it sets up a model which combines efficiency as well as political economy aspects in explaining the degree of fiscal decentralization. It innovates in making explicit the benefits from better informed politicians and policy makers (Von Hayek effect) and the potential cost push effect on public services and public goods (Scale Effect) resulting from decentralization. It takes advantage of previous literature in recognizing the extent of the ideological distance between the local and the national median voter as a third factor worth considering in the social cost benefit analysis of decentralization. Second, the aforementioned effects are put into the context of specific functional areas of government, each of them having a particular set of characteristics which lead to a different degree of decentralization. The net outcome will be the result of combining the rent seeking orientation of the central government with the particular median voter demand for each different public good. 2013 2022-03-22T16:08:02Z 2022-03-22T16:08:02Z artículo científico http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32329969005 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/82934 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=323 Economía Mexicana. Nueva Época application/pdf Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C. Economía Mexicana. Nueva Época (México) Num.2 Vol.XXII |
| spellingShingle | Economía y Finanzas Keywords political economy median voter fiscal federalism decentralization Leonardo Letelier S José Luis Sáez Lozano Fiscal Decentralization in Specific Areas of Government A Technical Note |
| title | Fiscal Decentralization in Specific Areas of Government A Technical Note |
| title_full | Fiscal Decentralization in Specific Areas of Government A Technical Note |
| title_fullStr | Fiscal Decentralization in Specific Areas of Government A Technical Note |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fiscal Decentralization in Specific Areas of Government A Technical Note |
| title_short | Fiscal Decentralization in Specific Areas of Government A Technical Note |
| title_sort | fiscal decentralization in specific areas of government a technical note |
| topic | Economía y Finanzas Keywords political economy median voter fiscal federalism decentralization |
| url | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32329969005 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/82934 |