Does the nationalization of party systems affect the composition of public spending?

Lago-Penas, Ignacio; Peñas, Santiago Lago

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“…According to that principle, sub-central governments should rely on taxes perceived by households and firms to be clearly linked to the public services received (Musgrave, 1983;King, 1984). More autonomy is likely to lead to better local services (Hoffman & Gibson, 2005) and possibly to a sounder development path over time (Sorens, 2014).…”

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The influence of decentralized taxes and intergovernmental grants on local spending volatility

Sacchi

Salotti

2015

Regional Studies

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The influence of decentralized taxes and intergovernmental grants on local spending volatility. Regional Studies. This paper studies what affects the volatility of sub-central public spending in 20 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The evidence based on data from 1972 to 2007 shows that the volatility of intergovernmental grants from upper levels is positively associated with the volatility of local expenditure. On the other hand, the volatility of local tax revenues -mainly that of property taxes -exerts the opposite effect. These findings suggest that making local governments rely more on grants than own tax revenues adversely affects their spending stability. Allowing them to levy autonomously taxes relying on responsive tax bases provides incentives to smooth their expenditure. L'impact de la décentralisation fiscale et de l'octroi des subventions intergouvernementales sur la volatilité des dépenses locales. Regional Studies. Cet article étudie ce qui influe sur la volatilité des dépenses publiques au niveau régional dans 20 pays de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économique (OCDE). À partir des données pour la période allant de 1972 jusqu'à 2007, les résultats laissent voir une corrélation positive entre la volatilité des subventions intergouvernementales provenant des niveaux supérieurs d'administration avec la volatilité des dépenses locales. De l'autre côté, la volatilité des recettes fiscales locales -principalement les impôts fonciers -produit l'effet contraire. Ces résultats laissent supposer que la dépendance des administrations locales des subventions plutôt que des recettes fiscales propres a un effet négatif sur la stabilité de leurs dépenses. Leur permettre de prélever de façon autonome des impôts qui reposent sur des assiettes fiscales adaptables fournit des incitations au lissage de leurs dépenses. MOTS-CLÉS RESUMENLa influencia de los impuestos descentralizados y las subvenciones intergubernamentales en la volatilidad del gasto local. Regional Studies. En este artículo estudiamos qué factores influyen en la volatilidad del gasto público subcentral en 20 países de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OCDE). Según los resultados de datos de 1972 a 2007, la volatilidad de las subvenciones intergubernamentales de niveles superiores está positivamente asociada a la volatilidad del gasto local. Por otra parte, la volatilidad de los ingresos fiscales locales -principalmente de impuestos inmobiliarios-ejerce el efecto contrario. Estos resultados indican que si los Gobiernos locales confíen más en las subvenciones que en sus propios ingresos fiscales se produce un efecto negativo en la estabilidad de sus gastos. Si se permite que recauden impuestos autónomamente y cuenten con bases impositivas receptivas se crean incentivos para amortiguar sus gastos. PALABRAS CLAVESvolatilidad del gasto local; ingresos locales; impuestos inmobiliarios; subvenciones intergubernamentales JEL E62, H71, H77, R50 HISTORY

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The influence of decentralized taxes and intergovernmental grants on local spending volatility

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Salotti

2015

Regional Studies

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“…Party nationalisation matters because it has the potential to unify the political preferences of the entire population and support the centralisation of powers (Riker , 181); it affects the political economy (Lago‐Peñas and Lago‐Peñas ; Crisp et al. ; Jurado ); and it alters the effect of the electoral system (Bochsler ).…”

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An Ever Closer Union? The Nationalisation of Political Parties in Switzerland, 1991–2015

Bochsler

Mueller

Bernauer

2016

Swiss Political Sci Review

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The contribution of this research note is a systematic description of levels of party nationalisation in Switzerland, using results from the elections to the Swiss National Council between 1991 and 2015. Party nationalisation is understood as the territorial homogeneity of a party's electoral performance and measured using the inverted and standardised Gini index. Our results indicate a trend towards more nationalisation in the Swiss party system over the time period covered, and distinct patterns for single parties. The SVP and the GLP have made big leaps towards stronger nationalisation, with the former closing in on the levels of the SP and the FDP, while the CVP remains a weakly nationalised party, considering its size.

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“…Thus, it can be expected that institutional arrangements that strengthen the national government's power will generally avoid decentralization. Conversely, fractionalized parties and parliamentary regimes will generally favor FD as they raise the transaction costs being faced by the national government when trying to impose its will (Lago-Peñas and Lago-Peñas, 2009). Although ideology may have a say in the issue at hand, the correlation is not clear-cut.…”

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Fiscal decentralization in specific areas of government: an empirical evaluation using country panel data

Letelier-Saavedra¹,

Saez-Lozano²

2015

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

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Artículo de publicación ISIWhile there is an extensive list of publications to explain fiscal decentralization across countries and over time, with this being defined as the share of all subnational government expenditure compared with that of the general government, a vacuum still exists when it comes to a similar analysis for the separate functions of the state. This research addresses that challenge by estimating an empirical model that explains the fiscal decentralization of six specific public goods. Since the data available from the International Monetary Fund, as well as from other sources, are incomplete, an imputation procedure is conducted in order to produce a balanced panel of forty-four countries. As opposed to studies based on subnational expenditure as a whole, our results suggest that, generally, fiscal decentralization does not exhibit the same pattern across specific government functions. This entails important policy lessons, as it suggests that fiscal decentralization should not be seen as an all-across-the-board strategy to modernize the state.CICYT: CSO2011-2934

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Does the nationalization of party systems affect the composition of public spending?

Abstract: Electoral system, Fiscal policy, Nationalization, Party system, Transaction costs,

Cited by 38 publications

References 31 publications

The influence of decentralized taxes and intergovernmental grants on local spending volatility

The influence of decentralized taxes and intergovernmental grants on local spending volatility

An Ever Closer Union? The Nationalisation of Political Parties in Switzerland, 1991–2015

Fiscal decentralization in specific areas of government: an empirical evaluation using country panel data

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