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Politiques de redistribution décentralisées et concurrence sociale

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[eng] Decentralized Redistributive Policies and Social Competition by Yvon Rocaboy . The purpose of the paper is to study the possibility of decentralising the redistributive income function. This question is examined in the light of microeconomic fiscal competition theory. We suppose that the redistributive function is assigned to local authorities belonging to a common labour pool in which labour is perfectly mobile. The local authorities can then compete to alter the distribution of labour using their redistributive policy. Thiscompetition is called "social competition"." We show that this kind of competition is rarely Pareto efficient. This conclusion argues in favour of the creation of a "central bureau of redistribution" responsible for this function at the highest government level. [fre] Politiques de redistribution décentralisées et concurrence sociale par Yvon Rocaboy . L'objet de l'article est d'étudier la possibilité de décentraliser la fonction de redistribution des revenus. Cette question est analysée dans le cadre de la théorie micro-économique de la compétition fiscale. La fonction redistributive est confiée à des collectivités locales appartenant à un même bassin d' emploi au sein duquel le travail est parfaitement mobile. Les gouvernements locaux peuvent alors entrer en compétition pour modifier la répartition du travail à l'aide de leur politique de redistribution. Cette compétition est appelée "concurrence sociale". Il est montré que ce type de concurrence est rarement optimal au sens de Pareto. Ce résultat amène alors à proposer la création d'un "Bureau central de la redistribution" en charge de cette responsabilité au niveau le plus élevé du gouvernement.

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  • Yvon Rocaboy, 1997. "Politiques de redistribution décentralisées et concurrence sociale," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 128(2), pages 131-143.
    • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecoprv:ecop_0249-4744_1997_num_128_2_5853
    DOI: 10.3406/ecop.1997.5853
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