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Efectos de la descentralización sobre la acumulación de infraestructura pública: el caso de España

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  • Aray, Henry

    (Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica, Universidad de Granada)

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Background: Spain is a highly decentralized country. Recently the debate on decentralization has been reinforced by the claim of independence led by the authorities of the government of Catalonia. In addition, the statements of some politicians in favor and against advancing in the decentralization process have contributed to such a controversial debate. The allocation of public infrastructure is not out of this debate. Methodology: A non-linear equation is specified that allows to control for the traditional criteria for allocating public infrastructure: regional development, special infrastructure needs, efficiency or productivity of public capital stock and political effects. Results: The financial autonomy and transferred competences positively affect the accumulation of regional public infrastructure. However, their marginal contributions are decreasing. Conclusions: The empirical evidence could be suggesting thresholds in the decentralization process. The results related to financial autonomy are much stronger for the autonomous communities that are considered to be lagging behind in the fiscal decentralization. Moreover, the rest of the communities exhibit stronger results for the proxy that captures administrative decentralization.// Antecedentes: España es un país altamente descentralizado. Recientemente, el debate sobre la descentralización se ha visto reforzado por la reclamación de independencia liderada por las autoridades del gobierno de Cataluña. Además, las declaraciones de algunos políticos a favor y en contra de avanzar en el proceso de descentralización han contribuido a la polémica del debate. La asignación de infraestructura pública no es ajena a este discurso. Metodología: se especifica una ecuación no lineal que permite controlar por los criterios tradicionales para la asignación de infraestructura pública: el desarrollo regional, las necesidades especiales de infraestructura, la eficiencia o la productividad del stock de capital público y efectos políticos. Resultados: la autonomía financiera y las competencias traspasadas afectan positivamente la acumulación de infraestructura pública regional. No obstante, sus contribuciones marginales son decrecientes. Conclusiones: la evidencia empírica podría sugerir umbrales en el proceso de descentralización. Por un lado, los resultados relacionados con la autonomía financiera son mucho más fuertes para las comunidades autónomas consideradas como las más rezagadas en el proceso de descentralización fiscal. Por otro lado, el resto de las comunidades presentan resultados más fuertes respecto de la descentralización administrativa.

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  • Aray, Henry, 2018. "Efectos de la descentralización sobre la acumulación de infraestructura pública: el caso de España," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(340), pages .859-884, octubre-d.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:85:y:2018:i:340:p:859-884
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v85i340.355
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    Keywords

    infraestructura pública; descentralización; datos de panel; España;
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    JEL classification:

    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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