This paper studies the sources of procyclicality for the spending of subnational governments in Argentina and Brazil. We find that tax sharing schemes explain only a marginal share of the prociclicality of revenues, with most of the prociclicality coming from subnational government's own resources. This is more so when the prociclicality of each source is measured vis a vis each jurisdiction's output. Cross jurisdiction evidence supports the claim that procyclicality of spending results from the procyclicality of revenues, through the so called "voracity effect". The conclusion is that the debate on prociclical subnational spending should focus on improving the tax collection schemes at the local level and not on reforming the tax sharing a...
© 2014 Elsevier B.V. Government expenditures are procyclical if they increase in periods of economic...
Many countries, especially developing ones, follow procyclical fiscal policies, namely spending goes...
There is widespread evidence that procyclical fiscal policies have been prevalent in developing coun...
Este trabajo estudia las Fuentes de la prociclicalidad del gasto para gobiernos subnacionales en Arg...
This paper studies the sources of procyclicality for the spending of subnational governments in Arge...
This paper analyses the fiscal behavior of subnational districts in Argentina over the business cycl...
This paper provides evidence on the fiscal policy prociclicality of Argentina's subnational district...
In the 1980s, Argentina and Brazil faced similar problems, with subnational deficits adding to exces...
Vertical transfers in Argentina have encouraged an expansion of provincial expenditures. In this pap...
Several empirical studies have found that government expenditures are procyclical in developing coun...
The federalism is a unique expression of a political form adopted by the state. Because of that, it ...
This paper analyses fiscal policy for several economies in Latin America, from the early nineties to...
In shifting to decentralized public finances, a country's central government faces certain fiscal ma...
In this paper, we analyse the role of political and institutional variables on the cyclical patterns...
This paper estimates redistribution and risk-sharing across provinces in Argentina during the 1995–2...
© 2014 Elsevier B.V. Government expenditures are procyclical if they increase in periods of economic...
Many countries, especially developing ones, follow procyclical fiscal policies, namely spending goes...
There is widespread evidence that procyclical fiscal policies have been prevalent in developing coun...
Este trabajo estudia las Fuentes de la prociclicalidad del gasto para gobiernos subnacionales en Arg...
This paper studies the sources of procyclicality for the spending of subnational governments in Arge...
This paper analyses the fiscal behavior of subnational districts in Argentina over the business cycl...
This paper provides evidence on the fiscal policy prociclicality of Argentina's subnational district...
In the 1980s, Argentina and Brazil faced similar problems, with subnational deficits adding to exces...
Vertical transfers in Argentina have encouraged an expansion of provincial expenditures. In this pap...
Several empirical studies have found that government expenditures are procyclical in developing coun...
The federalism is a unique expression of a political form adopted by the state. Because of that, it ...
This paper analyses fiscal policy for several economies in Latin America, from the early nineties to...
In shifting to decentralized public finances, a country's central government faces certain fiscal ma...
In this paper, we analyse the role of political and institutional variables on the cyclical patterns...
This paper estimates redistribution and risk-sharing across provinces in Argentina during the 1995–2...
© 2014 Elsevier B.V. Government expenditures are procyclical if they increase in periods of economic...
Many countries, especially developing ones, follow procyclical fiscal policies, namely spending goes...
There is widespread evidence that procyclical fiscal policies have been prevalent in developing coun...