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Does redistribution matter? The decomposition of the fiscal residuum in Italian regions

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  • Elina De Simone
  • Paolo Liberati

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Fiscal residuum has often been used as an index of the territorial balance between taxes paid and benefits received from the policies of different tiers of government. Its standard calculation, however, conflates what of the residuum is due to the need of financing public spending and what is due to the redistributive aims of government levels. This paper introduces a decomposition that isolates these two elements. The empirical evidence for Italy in the period 2003–15 shows that differences in fiscal residua between the northern and the southern regions are smaller than usually calculated. A clear difference, instead, emerges in special statute regions.

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  • Elina De Simone & Paolo Liberati, 2020. "Does redistribution matter? The decomposition of the fiscal residuum in Italian regions," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(3), pages 296-307, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:54:y:2020:i:3:p:296-307
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1603367
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    1. bucci, valeria & ferrara, giancarlo & resce, giuliano, 2022. "Fiscal decentralization and efficiency: empirical evidence from Italian municipalities," MPRA Paper 111515, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Resce, Giuliano, 2022. "The impact of political and non-political officials on the financial management of local governments," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 44(5), pages 943-962.
    3. Atella, Vincenzo & Braione, Manuela & Ferrara, Giancarlo & Resce, Giuliano, 2023. "Cohesion Policy Funds and local government autonomy: Evidence from Italian municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 87(PB).
    4. Resce, Giuliano, 2022. "Political and Non-Political Officials in Local Government," Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers esdp22079, University of Molise, Department of Economics.

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