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Preferencias de gasto reveladas por las CC.AA

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  • Francisco Pérez García

    (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas)

  • Matilde Mas Ivars

    (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas)

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This paper questions whether the main argument in favour of decentralization (the recognition of a territorial diversity of preferences when deciding on public expenditure) is validated ID the Spanish Central-Regional Governments framework. Using information supplied by the Regional Government Budgets it is shown that preferences are in fact different, as for similar financing levels spending structures differ. The use of lineally homogeneous welfare functions to represent these joint preferences is also discussed. The conclusions are relevant for two reasons: 1.- for baring evidence on a basic assumption found in the literature on fiscal federalism and 2.- as a consequence of the argument above, for emphasizing that, with different preferences, unanimous conclusions cannot be drawn from the discussion of the financial capacity of the regional governments, because there are no common spending objectives. El presente trabajo plantea si el argumento central a favor de la descentralización (la diversidad territorial de preferencias frente al gasto público), es validado en el Estado de las Autonomías. A partir de la información suministrada por los Presupuestos de las Comunidades Autónomas se confirma que las preferencias son efectivamente distintas, pues para niveles similares de financiación las estructuras de gasto difieren. Además, el trabajo discute la idoneidad de utilizar funciones de bienestar linealmente homogéneas para representar dichas preferencias colectivas. Las conclusiones obtenidas son relevantes por dos razones: 1.- por aportar evidencia sobre un supuesto básico de la literatura del federalismo fiscal y 2.- como consecuencia de lo anterior, por poner de relieve que, con preferencias distintas, de la discusión sobre la suficiencia financiera de las CC.AA. no se pueden esperar conclusiones unánimes, porque los objetivos de gasto no son comunes.

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  • Francisco Pérez García & Matilde Mas Ivars, 1992. "Preferencias de gasto reveladas por las CC.AA," Working Papers. Serie EC 1992-03, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
  • Handle: RePEc:ivi:wpasec:1992-03
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