| Título de serie: | Research Network Working Paper, 459 | | Título : | Decentralization and fiscal discipline in subnational governments : the bailout problem in Uruguay | | Tipo de documento: | texto impreso | | Autores: | Fernando Filgueira ; Herman Kamil ; Fernando Lorenzo ; Juan Andrés Moraes ; Andrés Rius | | Editorial: | Washington : Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo | | Fecha de publicación: | 2002 | | Número de páginas: | 52 p | | Idioma : | Inglés | | Temas: | ASPECTOS FISCALES
BANCO INTERAMERICANO DE DESARROLLO
DESCENTRALIZACION
DEUDA PUBLICA
GOBIERNO
POLITICA ECONOMICA
URUGUAY
| | Clasificación: | 338.9 | | Resumen: | This paper analyzes the reasons behind Central Government (CG) bailouts of Subnational Governments (SNGs) in the case of Uruguay. We argued that Uruguay represents a good example of the risks of fiscal decentralization, in the context of adjustment policies, and when SNGs' responsibilities and resources have not been carefully defined. We show that, in unitary countries where SNGs lack the opportunities to misbehave that they have in federal countries (e.g., public debt issuance, international borrowing), SNG officials find ways to finance deficits through non-compliance with politically contestable obligations. In particular, SNGs in Uruguay finance their deficits by accumulating debts with other government agencies and obtaining discretionary transfers from the CG. Through statistical analyses we show that debts and deficits are mainly related to vertical fiscal imbalances and economic conditions in the SN jurisdictions. Yet, the analysis of recent bailout episodes suggests that institutions and political factors play a role (i.e., they are important ex-post factors). This implies that bailouts have been more than simple compensations for structural imbalances, thus creating opportunities for strategic behavior on the part of SNG authorities (partly confirmed by the disparate fiscal performance of Montevideo vis-à-vis the rest of the country). | | En línea: | http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=788085 | | Enlace permanente a este registro: | https://opac.um.edu.uy/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=73035 |
Research Network Working Paper, 459. Decentralization and fiscal discipline in subnational governments : the bailout problem in Uruguay [texto impreso] / Fernando Filgueira ; Herman Kamil ; Fernando Lorenzo ; Juan Andrés Moraes ; Andrés Rius . - Washington : Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, 2002 . - 52 p. Idioma : Inglés | Temas: | ASPECTOS FISCALES
BANCO INTERAMERICANO DE DESARROLLO
DESCENTRALIZACION
DEUDA PUBLICA
GOBIERNO
POLITICA ECONOMICA
URUGUAY
| | Clasificación: | 338.9 | | Resumen: | This paper analyzes the reasons behind Central Government (CG) bailouts of Subnational Governments (SNGs) in the case of Uruguay. We argued that Uruguay represents a good example of the risks of fiscal decentralization, in the context of adjustment policies, and when SNGs' responsibilities and resources have not been carefully defined. We show that, in unitary countries where SNGs lack the opportunities to misbehave that they have in federal countries (e.g., public debt issuance, international borrowing), SNG officials find ways to finance deficits through non-compliance with politically contestable obligations. In particular, SNGs in Uruguay finance their deficits by accumulating debts with other government agencies and obtaining discretionary transfers from the CG. Through statistical analyses we show that debts and deficits are mainly related to vertical fiscal imbalances and economic conditions in the SN jurisdictions. Yet, the analysis of recent bailout episodes suggests that institutions and political factors play a role (i.e., they are important ex-post factors). This implies that bailouts have been more than simple compensations for structural imbalances, thus creating opportunities for strategic behavior on the part of SNG authorities (partly confirmed by the disparate fiscal performance of Montevideo vis-à-vis the rest of the country). | | En línea: | http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=788085 | | Enlace permanente a este registro: | https://opac.um.edu.uy/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=73035 |
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