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Fiscal Decentralization and Cyclicality in Latin America : Evidence from a New Regional Budget Database / Davi Bhering Buarque de Gusmao, Hector Perez-Saiz, Joe Ue, Valeria Visser.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Bhering Buarque de Gusmao, Davi.
- Series:
- IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2026/092
- IMF Working Papers
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (38 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2026.
- Summary:
- Using a newly constructed database of highly granular regional-level budgets, this paper documents the growing relevance of regional governments in Latin America over the past three decades and evaluates the implications for fiscal cyclicality. We find that regional governments exhibit lower revenue elasticity to national GDP than central governments, primarily due to the limited cyclicality of transfers. On the expenditure side, while overall elasticity is comparable to central governments, fiscal adjustment occurs through capital expenditures. We also show that transfers appear to operate primarily as redistribution mechanisms across regions rather than as instruments to offset differences in tax capacity.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9798229046978
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