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Central Transfers to Offset Fiscal Disadvantages of the States: Measurement of Cost Disabilities and Expenditure Needs

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  • M. Govinda Rao

    (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy)

  • Vandana Aggarwal

    (Department of Industrial Development, Government of India)

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Intergovernmental transfers are made either to offset fiscal disadvantages of the States or to upgrade specified public services to normative standards in the deficient States. Yet, the transfers designed in the Indian context fail to satisfactorily take account of these objectives. An attempt is made to provide a design of intergovernmental transfer schemes to meet the above objectives. An important prerequisite for operationalising such transfer schemes is to estimate unit costs of public services and expenditure needs in the States. The paper provides a methodology to estimate these fiscal parameters based on the cost functions of five important pubic services.

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  • M. Govinda Rao & Vandana Aggarwal, 1991. "Central Transfers to Offset Fiscal Disadvantages of the States: Measurement of Cost Disabilities and Expenditure Needs," Indian Economic Review, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, vol. 26(1), pages 13-34, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:dse:indecr:v:26:y:1991:i:1:p:13-34
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    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism

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