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Inter-regional fi scal fl ows : introduction to the issues
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bosch, Núria Vergés Espasa, Marta Ollé, Albert Solé |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | In many countries, intergovernmental fi nance debates are typically embroiled in arguments as to how much each region receives or should receive from the central budget. Such behaviour might purely be a symptom of the opportunism that affl icts many countries, though it might just as equally refl ect longstanding, and as yet unresolved, fi nancial confl icts within the territory. At the practical level, this issue is made manifest through the measurement of interregional fi scal fl ows or ‘net fi scal fl ows’, that is, the diff erence between what the residents of a particular region receive in terms of public services and what they actually pay in taxes to the central government. The fi rst objective of this book, therefore, is to attempt to make sense of the usefulness of computing interregional ‘fi scal balances’, and in so doing to provide some guidelines as to how best to interpret the various methodologies adopted and the results to which they give rise. This is done by reporting the experiences of a number of countries. We seek to provide answers to such questions as: Why compute interregional fi scal fl ows? Is there a correct methodology for such computations? How should interregional fi scal fl ows be interpreted? What is the role of central government in the provision of information for this exercise? Can such data help enlighten the debate (and ease the territorial confl ict) or do they simply serve to add more fuel to the fi re of discontent (and exacerbate the confl ict)? However, this book seeks to go beyond a simple presentation of the results of these analyses and to ask, in the case of interregional fi scal fl ows in regional programmes (for example, intergovernmental transfers and public investment), why some regions end up receiving more than others (that is, what exactly determines fi scal fl ows?). And so the book also seeks to answer such questions as: What political reasons underpin the bias in |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.elgaronline.com/downloadpdf/9781848443730.00006.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
