About disconnections and gaps: an analysis of state capacity and public finances in brazilian municipalities
The municipal political, administrative and financial autonomy, enshrined in the Federal Constitution of 1988, was based on the assumption that decentralization would expand democracy and fiscal efficiency. The article analyzes the relationship between public management and municipal fiscal performa...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) |
| Repositorio: | Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/75417 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.fgv.br/cgpc/article/view/75417 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Municipal management own source revenue current expenditure state capacity federalism. Gestión municipal ingresos propios gastos corrientes capacidades estatales federalismo. gestão municipal receitas próprias despesas correntes capacidades estatais |
| Resumo: | The municipal political, administrative and financial autonomy, enshrined in the Federal Constitution of 1988, was based on the assumption that decentralization would expand democracy and fiscal efficiency. The article analyzes the relationship between public management and municipal fiscal performance with theoretical support in the literature on state capacities, considering four dimensions - administrative, technical, institutional and political - to support the definition of explanatory variables. Administrative capacity assesses organizational structure - number of public employees per capita, conducting bids and serving citizens - to perform essential public services and functions. Technical capacity addresses the skills to formulate and manage policies and depends on the qualification of human resources and municipal planning, for example. Institutional capacity addresses the power to legislate on regulations that affect the behavior of social and economic actors, and influence local fiscal performance (eg, master plan, zoning law and improvement contribution rate). Political capacity analyzes how the municipal government establishes channels of dialogue to deal with social demands through public policy councils and inter-municipal consortia. Each dimension generated a hypothesis tested by a multivariate regression with robust errors. The study contributes to the literature by highlighting the difficulties and limitations of state capacities in municipalities to influence the improvement of its fiscal management. In face of economic, financial and institutional gaps, qualifying its state capacities continues to be a hiatus and a disconnection to be filled in the Brazilian Federation. |
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