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-transfers, which distorts the central-local distribution of resources. Applying the model to fiscal decentralization, we find when … decentralization widens local governments' fiscal gap, borrowings by both local and central governments rise. Quantitatively, fiscal … decentralization accounts for from 19 percent to 40 percent of changes in general government debt in Spain during 1988-2006. A …
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In a monetary union, the interaction between several governments and a single central bank is plagued by several sources of deficit bias, including common pool problems. Each government has strong preferences over local spending and taxation but suffers only part of the costs of union-wide...
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In a monetary union, the interaction between several governments and a single central bank is plagued by several sources of deficit bias, including common pool problems. Each government has strong preferences over local spending and taxation but suffers only part of the costs of union-wide...
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This study assesses fiscal sustainability in contemporary Spain at the regional level. Spain consists of 17 autonomous regions, two fiscal regimes differing in taxing autonomy, and two path-dependent types of communities with more and less legislatively recognized autonomy. Three of the 17...
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