CIECS   20730
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS SOBRE CULTURA Y SOCIEDAD
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Do intergovernmental transfers affect the distribution of manufacturing production across regions in federal countries? Theory and evidence for Argentina
Autor/es:
MONCARZ, PEDRO ESTEBAN; GRIÓN, NESTOR CLEVER; FIGUERAS, ALBERTO JOSÉ; FIGUERAS, ALBERTO JOSÉ; FREILLE, SEBASTIÁN; FREILLE, SEBASTIÁN; MONCARZ, PEDRO ESTEBAN; GRIÓN, NESTOR CLEVER
Revista:
Regional and Federal Studies
Editorial:
Routledge
Referencias:
Año: 2017 vol. 27 p. 359 - 392
ISSN:
1359-7566
Resumen:
The effect of changes in the distribution of top-to-bottom intergovernmental transfers on the location of manufacturing production is analysed using a modified version of the footloose capital model. An increase in the share of transfers received by a region increases its share of manufacturing production the larger are transaction costs; the larger is the share of transfers going directly to consumers; the larger is the share of manufacturing consumption vis-à-vis non-tradable consumption; and the easier consumers can substitute among manufacturing varieties. Using data for Argentina for 1983-2005, the empirical analysis appears to support the existence of two distinctive regimes, with smaller/poorer provinces benefiting in terms of the location of manufacturing production as a response to an increase in transfers. Also, for these provinces, the benefits are greater if they are politically aligned with the federal government, especially through the receipt of discretionary transfers. For large/rich provinces, the evidence is less conclusive.