Demographic, political, institutional and financial determinants of regional social expenditure: the case of Spain

This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of regional social spending using a data set of the 17 regional governments in Spain. With both a fixed-effects static and a dynamic model, results suggest that demography, inputs, institutional design and resources are critical in determi...

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Autores: Herrero Alcalde, Ana, Tránchez Martín, José Manuel
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositório:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglês
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5303 Contabilidad pública
regional financing system
social expenditure
social services
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spelling Demographic, political, institutional and financial determinants of regional social expenditure: the case of SpainHerrero Alcalde, AnaTránchez Martín, José Manuel5304 Actividad económica5303 Contabilidad públicaregional financing systemsocial expendituresocial servicesThis paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of regional social spending using a data set of the 17 regional governments in Spain. With both a fixed-effects static and a dynamic model, results suggest that demography, inputs, institutional design and resources are critical in determining the size of regional social budgets. Empirical evidence was found about the existence of economies of scale, but social services do not seem to follow a luxury-good pattern. Left-wing governments seem to spend more, while federal regulations work as constraints of regional autonomy. Finally, strong evidence that the `foral` system of regional financing is creating horizontal inequalities in the access to essential public services was found, while the common regime seems to be working well enough.Taylor and Francis Groupe-Spacio UNED20252025-11-0420162016-04-1120162016-04-11journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/30750reponame:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNEDinstname:Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.esoai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/307502026-06-06T12:38:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Demographic, political, institutional and financial determinants of regional social expenditure: the case of Spain
title Demographic, political, institutional and financial determinants of regional social expenditure: the case of Spain
spellingShingle Demographic, political, institutional and financial determinants of regional social expenditure: the case of Spain
Herrero Alcalde, Ana
5304 Actividad económica
5303 Contabilidad pública
regional financing system
social expenditure
social services
title_short Demographic, political, institutional and financial determinants of regional social expenditure: the case of Spain
title_full Demographic, political, institutional and financial determinants of regional social expenditure: the case of Spain
title_fullStr Demographic, political, institutional and financial determinants of regional social expenditure: the case of Spain
title_full_unstemmed Demographic, political, institutional and financial determinants of regional social expenditure: the case of Spain
title_sort Demographic, political, institutional and financial determinants of regional social expenditure: the case of Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Herrero Alcalde, Ana
Tránchez Martín, José Manuel
author Herrero Alcalde, Ana
author_facet Herrero Alcalde, Ana
Tránchez Martín, José Manuel
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author2 Tránchez Martín, José Manuel
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv e-Spacio UNED
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 5304 Actividad económica
5303 Contabilidad pública
regional financing system
social expenditure
social services
topic 5304 Actividad económica
5303 Contabilidad pública
regional financing system
social expenditure
social services
description This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of regional social spending using a data set of the 17 regional governments in Spain. With both a fixed-effects static and a dynamic model, results suggest that demography, inputs, institutional design and resources are critical in determining the size of regional social budgets. Empirical evidence was found about the existence of economies of scale, but social services do not seem to follow a luxury-good pattern. Left-wing governments seem to spend more, while federal regulations work as constraints of regional autonomy. Finally, strong evidence that the `foral` system of regional financing is creating horizontal inequalities in the access to essential public services was found, while the common regime seems to be working well enough.
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