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The effects of capital grants to subnational governments under fiscal stress: evidence from the Spanish regions

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  • Santiago Lago-Peñas
  • Alberto Vaquero García
  • María Cadaval Sampedro
  • Patricio Sanchez-Fernandez

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PurposeThis paper aims to examine the impact of capital grants on the fiscal choices of Spanish regional governments from 1984 to 2021.Design/methodology/approachAfter running a battery of tests to verify the integration order of variables, joint cointegration and causality direction, the authors estimate a series of vector autoregressive models.FindingsThe results show that capital grants were highly effective until 2007, boosting capital expenditure and generating a significant crowding-in effect on capital expenditure in the long run. Then, the authors specifically analyze structural changes due to the deep impact of the Great Recession in Spain since 2008. However, the crowding-in effect still holds. Conditionality and matching rates are relevant elements of a sound definition of grant programs to subcentral governments.Originality/valueThe findings contribute significantly to the existing literature on fiscal federalism and regional economics.

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  • Santiago Lago-Peñas & Alberto Vaquero García & María Cadaval Sampedro & Patricio Sanchez-Fernandez, 2025. "The effects of capital grants to subnational governments under fiscal stress: evidence from the Spanish regions," Applied Economic Analysis, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 33(99), pages 165-183, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:aeapps:aea-04-2024-0154
    DOI: 10.1108/AEA-04-2024-0154
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