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- Title
"Glocalization" and decentralization. The role of local governments in the new international context.
- Authors
Porto, Alberto; Natalia Porto; Tortarolo, Darío
- Abstract
Globalization, technological changes and the information revolution are phenomena that affect the ways in which different levels of government allocate their public resources and expenditures. This paper examines one aspect of the problem: the decentralization of the subnational public sector and its relation to economic integration. The study focuses on Argentina and Brazil with a panel data for each country separately, for the period 1985-2005. The results show no relationship between the vertical structure of the subnational public sector and economic openness. There may be two explanations for this: factors working in opposite directions compensate their effects; or interferences from higher levels of government prevent modifications. The control variables have the signs suggested by the theory of fiscal federalism.
- Subjects
GLOCALIZATION; DECENTRALIZATION in government; INTERNATIONAL economic integration; PUBLIC spending; PUBLIC sector; LOCAL government
- Publication
Urban Public Economics Review / Revista de Economía Pública Urbana, 2014, Issue 20, p62
- ISSN
1697-6223
- Publication type
Article