Sub-National expenditure, budgeted and spent: the gap between plan and practice in Mexico (2003-2016)

To date, studies have paid little attention to the difference between budgeted public expenditure and the amounts actually spent by state governments in Mexico. As a result, this investigation has two goals: to present evidence about this gap for the period 2003-2016, and to use a panel corrected st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Sánchez Martínez, José Said
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Foro Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.forointernacional.colmex.mx:article/2611
Acceso en línea:https://forointernacional.colmex.mx/index.php/fi/article/view/2611
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:budget
expenditure spent
net expenditure spent
vertically divided government
vertically unified government
presupuesto
gasto ejercido
gasto neto ejercido
gobierno dividido vertical
gobierno unificado vertical
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Sumario:To date, studies have paid little attention to the difference between budgeted public expenditure and the amounts actually spent by state governments in Mexico. As a result, this investigation has two goals: to present evidence about this gap for the period 2003-2016, and to use a panel corrected standard errors analysis to determine if vertical alignment of political parties has an impact on their behavior. The results show that the difference between what is budgeted and what is spent is a common practice, particularly in the form of overspends, and in contexts of vertically divided government this amount tends to be higher.