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The Territorial Fiscal Gap in Colombia

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  • Jaime Bonet-Morón
  • Jhorland Ayala-García

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This paper presents an estimation of expenditure needs and fiscal capacity of Colombia’s municipalities and departments in 2014. We use standard per capita norms to estimate the spending needs and data envelopment analysis for the local fiscal capacity. The results show that: (i) there are high horizontal fiscal disparities in Colombia, with greater incidence in municipalities than in departments; (ii) these disparities favor more developed territories; and (iii) there is evidence of a centerperiphery pattern in the horizontal fiscal disparities, causing central regions of the country to have a lower imbalance between expenditure needs and fiscal capacity. An equalization transfers system is an option for public policy to eliminate these disparities.

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  • Jaime Bonet-Morón & Jhorland Ayala-García, 2017. "The Territorial Fiscal Gap in Colombia," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 251, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdr:region:251
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.251
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    Keywords

    horizontal fiscal disparities; fiscal capacity; fiscal needs; data envelopment analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H73 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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