This paper shows an estimate of the fiscal capacity of the municipalities in Mexico from two alternatives: a Macrofórmula based on the local GDP per capita (for 1.954 municipalities) and our approximation (for 1.461 municipalities) for a Representative Revenue System (RRS), Which is obtained...

In this paper we analyze the evolution and current situation of the Mexican Fiscal Federalism. Our diagnosis showed that deep structural inequalities in the country is present, both internally and in comparison with the countries of the OECD. We pointed out the low financial autonomy of the...

The second generation fiscal federalism (SGFF) approach is used as a reference to analyze the political and fiscal institutional design of Bolivia’s decentralization model and its evolution. Subnational public finance data up to 2008 is used to verify that decentralization of expenditure was...

The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we analyze the Inter-territorial Compensation Fund (ICF) as a regional policy instrument contemplated in the 1978 Spanish Constitution. Attention is focused on the period 1990-2013. Both the drivers of the ICF and its impact on regional public investment...

El propósito principal de este documento es presentar una serie de recomendaciones de política que permitan consolidar a la descentralización como una estrategia de desarrollo regional. La evidencia muestra que la descentralización ha perpetuado las disparidades que en materia de cobertura...

This article presents a new approach to federalism that focus more on the outcome desired than on formal power relationships, considers more realistically the role played by states and localities, and incorporates the role of citizens more directly in the analysis. This approach underlines,...

Este trabajo propone un mecanismo de actualización del sistema de financiación autonómica que mantiene la equidad horizontal a lo largo del tiempo, al que se denomina mecanismo de las “Relatividades Constantes”. En este contexto, el trabajo examina críticamente el concepto de necesidades...

En este documento se analizan las implicaciones fiscales y sectoriales de la reforma a las transferencias territoriales que actualmente se debate en segunda vuelta en el Congreso. La reforma ajusta los montos que el gobierno nacional deberá transferir a las regiones y considera marginalmente la...

En este documento se analizan las implicaciones fiscales y sectoriales de la reforma a las transferencias territoriales que actualmente se debate en segunda vuelta en el Congreso. La reforma ajusta los montos que el gobierno nacional deberá transferir a las regiones y considera marginalmente la...