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Expenditure-Based Equalization Transfers

In: Fiscal Equalization

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  • Richard Bird

    (University of Toronto)

  • François Vaillancourt

    (Université de Montréal)

Abstract

Intergovernmental transfers are a major source of revenue for sub-national (regional and local) governments (hereafter SNG), representing 60 percent of their total revenue for developing countries and 33 percent for OECD countries (Shah, 2004). The continued and growing decentralization observed in many countries calls for a better understanding of the design, role and impact of fiscal transfers. Prominent among the objectives commonly attributed to intergovernmental fiscal transfers is ‘equalization’ although exactly what this term means is often rather obscure and may differ from country to country or even over time within any one country. Our focus in this paper is on those transfers specifically labeled as equalization transfers, and in particular on the extent to which and the method by which differences in expenditure ‘needs’ can and should be formally incorporated into such transfers.

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  • Richard Bird & François Vaillancourt, 2007. "Expenditure-Based Equalization Transfers," Springer Books, in: Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Bob Searle (ed.), Fiscal Equalization, chapter 0, pages 259-289, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-387-48988-9_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-48988-9_11
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