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Why are tax revenues of local governments so low?

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  • Paulo Ernesto M. Gomes
  • M. Christian Lehmann

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Using a unique data set on federal grants and tax revenues of more than 5000 Brazilian cities, we find that the federal government imposes an implicit tax of almost 10% on city governments’ tax revenues: for every dollar that a city collects from its residents, the federal government withdraws grants worth 9 cents from the city. Our findings suggest that local government tax revenues are low not because federal grants crowd out tax revenues, but because tax revenues crowd out federal grants.

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  • Paulo Ernesto M. Gomes & M. Christian Lehmann, 2016. "Why are tax revenues of local governments so low?," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(10), pages 740-742, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:23:y:2016:i:10:p:740-742
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1105912
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