Fiscal Federalism and Planned Grants to Mexican Municipalities: Economic and Political Criteria

This study analyzes the economic and political criteria and the existence of political-economic equilibria in planning intergovernmental grants to Mexican municipalities. The results show that the aggregated planned grants are inversely related to municipal development. They also show that there are...

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Autores: Ruíz-Porras, Antonio, García-Vázquez, Nancy
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:espiral.cucsh.udg.mx:article/318
Acceso en línea:http://espiral.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/EEES/article/view/318
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Intergovernmental grants
planning
municipalities
economics
politics
Mexico
Transferencias intergubernamentales
planeación
municipios
economía
política
México
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Sumario:This study analyzes the economic and political criteria and the existence of political-economic equilibria in planning intergovernmental grants to Mexican municipalities. The results show that the aggregated planned grants are inversely related to municipal development. They also show that there are defined relationships among the planned transfers and the political preferences. Thus, the evidence supports the existence of economic and political criteria in planning. The study uses a panel of 873 annual observations for the 125 municipalities of Jalisco during the period 2005-2011.