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Fiscal aspects of subnational governments

In: Handbook on Subnational Governments and Governance

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  • Jorge Martínez-Vázquez
  • Eduardo Sanz-Arcega
  • José Manuel Tránchez-Martín

Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to offer an overview of best practices for subnational fiscal governance. Based on the theoretical and international empirical evidence on fiscal decentralization design, we address the comon four pillars that encompass any subantional financing system: expenditure responsibilities, sources of revenue, the system of intergovernmental transfers, and credit and borrowing. Last but not least, we highlight the crucial importance of formal and informal political institutions in making decentralization work. All in all, beyond purely fiscal issues the eventual performance of any decentralized setting may depend on the institutions that make (or do not make) it work.

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  • Jorge Martínez-Vázquez & Eduardo Sanz-Arcega & José Manuel Tránchez-Martín, 2024. "Fiscal aspects of subnational governments," Chapters, in: Claudia N. Avellaneda & Ricardo A. Bello-Gómez (ed.), Handbook on Subnational Governments and Governance, chapter 1, pages 2-20, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21670_1
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