The Optimal Decentralisation of Government Activity: Normative Recommendations for the European Constitution

Breuss, Fritz; Eller, Markus

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“…Massardi and Abrantes (2015) further state that in countries where subnational entities hold greater autonomy, it becomes necessary to harmonize the level of resources of those units in order to offer public services to the local population, thereby disassembling local inequalities. In this sense, smaller countries or regions should be more successful in meeting the social needs of their population (Breuss and Eller, 2004).…”

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A relação entre as transferências governamentais, a arrecadação tributária própria e o índice de educação dos municípios do estado de Minas Gerais

2017

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Considering the changes in Brazilian municipalities since the Federal Constitution of 1988, this study sought to verify the relationship between government transfers, own tax collection and the education index of municipalities of the state of Minas Gerais (2009Gerais ( to 2013. The hypothesis adopted was that a greater financial resources availability would have a positive impact on the municipal education's quality. The study variables were tested using randomized block variance analysis, Spearman's correlation, k-rates clusters' analysis and multiple linear regression. Among the results obtained, the study highlights the lack of connection between the degree of financial autonomy and the investments in education, as well as it finds that the amount of revenues from taxes and the extra percentage of investment do not affect the education index. Keywords: government transfers; own tax collection; investments in education; municipal education index; municipalities of the state of Minas Gerais.A relação entre as transferências governamentais, a arrecadação tributária própria e o índice de educação dos municípios do estado de Minas Gerais Considerando as mudanças proporcionadas aos municípios brasileiros, desde a promulgação da Constituição Federal de 1988, objetivou-se verificar a relação entre as transferências governamentais, a arrecadação tributária própria e o índice de educação dos municípios do estado de Minas Gerais (2009 a 2013), partindo da hipótese de que uma maior disponibilidade de recursos financeiros impactaria positivamente a qualidade da educação municipal. As variáveis do estudo foram testadas por meio da análise de variância em blocos casualizados, correlação de Spearman, análise de clusters de k-médias e regressão linear múltipla. Entre as inferências deste estudo, destaca-se a falta de associação entre o grau de autonomia financeira e os investimentos em educação, e o achado de que o quantitativo de receitas tributárias e o percentual adicional de investimento em educação não impactam o índice de educação. Palavras-chave: transferências governamentais; arrecadação tributária própria; investimentos em educação; índice de educação municipal; municípios do estado de Minas Gerais. 898La relación entre las transferencias gubernamentales, la recaudación de impuestos y el índice de educación de los municipios del estado de Minas Gerais Considerando que las modificaciones son proporcionadas a los municipios brasileños, desde la promulgación de la Constitución Federal de 1988, que alteró la asignación de recursos públicos a la educación, los municipios brasileños pasaron a recibir más recursos del gobierno, así como aumentar el porcentaje de la asignación municipal invertida en el área de educación. Así, en este estudio se objetivó verificar la relación entre las transferencias gubernamentales, la recaudación de impuestos propia y el índice de educación de los municipios del estado de Minas Gerais (2009 a 2013), partiendo de la hipótesis de que una mayor disponibilidad de recursos financieros impacta...

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A relação entre as transferências governamentais, a arrecadação tributária própria e o índice de educação dos municípios do estado de Minas Gerais

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“…This provides an explanation as to why "too much" decentralization creates difficulties for the internalization of inter-jurisdictional externalities and why economies of scale fall short of their goals. The same holds for a low level of decentralization, insofar as inefficiencies in the provision of public goods can be caused because local preferences are under-considered (Thießen 2000;Thießen 2003;Breuss & Eller 2004).…”

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“…Also in the literature on the decentralization of government activities, several authors, such as Breauss and Eller (2004) and ThieBen (2000), consider a non-linear relationship, or, in other words, a curvilinear relationship, meaning that there exists an "optimal degree" of decentralization (ThieBen 2000; Breuss & Eller 2004). As mentioned in the previous section, decentralization does not always produce positive effects, which implies that there is basic tension over the appropriate level of decentralization, which comes from the trade-off between the realization of scale effects and the internalization of externalities, on the one hand, and the consideration of local preferences, on the other hand (Breuss & Eller 2004). This provides an explanation as to why "too much" decentralization creates difficulties for the internalization of inter-jurisdictional externalities and why economies of scale fall short of their goals.…”

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“…This implies that there can be a threshold beyond which decentralization has negative effects on health outcomes. Breuss and Eller (2004) suggested the existence of an "appropriate" level of decentralization, 7 beyond which there are negative effects of decentralization. Many of the scholars (Faguet, 2004;Robalino, Picazo et al, 2001;Habibi, Huang et al, 2003;Khaleghian, 2004;Jimenez & Smith, 2005) have reported a positive impact of decentralization on policy outcomes.…”

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Does Decentralization Matter in Health Outcomes? Evidence from 22 OECD Unbalanced Panel Data for 1995–2005

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Jung

2012

International Review of Public Administration

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“…For a more detailed discussion, see Alesina et al (2005b) and the extensive survey by Breuss and Eller (2004).…”

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Between European integration and regional autonomy: the case of Italy from an economic perspective

Montanari

2006

Constit Polit Econ

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Italy has experienced a double political phenomenon over the last few decades: a transfer of powers to a supranational entity (the EU) and a move towards regional autonomy. This paper aims to evaluate how policy competences are attributed to and exercised by the European, national and regional institutions. It develops a set of quantitative indicators analysing the legislative production of the EU, the Italian parliament and the Italian regions in various policy areas. The main findings indicate a certain substitutability between European and national legislation and that different levels of government share competences in a larger number of sectors than suggested by the economic theory. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006Italy, European integration, Regionalism, H11, H77, P16,

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The Optimal Decentralisation of Government Activity: Normative Recommendations for the European Constitution

Cited by 24 publications

References 33 publications

A relação entre as transferências governamentais, a arrecadação tributária própria e o índice de educação dos municípios do estado de Minas Gerais

A relação entre as transferências governamentais, a arrecadação tributária própria e o índice de educação dos municípios do estado de Minas Gerais

Does Decentralization Matter in Health Outcomes? Evidence from 22 OECD Unbalanced Panel Data for 1995–2005

Between European integration and regional autonomy: the case of Italy from an economic perspective

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