Long-run Impacts of Intergovernmental Transfers

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Intergovernmental transfers from the central level are an important source of revenue for most subnational governments in developing countries. This importance is likely to grow even further taking into account the ongoing decentralization initiatives in Latin America and elsewhere. This paper investigates in a series of regressions whether the transfer mechanisms in place in Ar-

Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: Some Lessons

Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in Asia 2 Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers : Concepts , International Practice , and Policy Issues

There is a large conceptual and empirical literature on intergovernmental fiscal transfers. Drawing on this work and examples from various countries, we provide in this chapter a broad overview of the theory and practice of intergovernmental transfers, with particular focus on developing countries. We begin with a review of the main objectives of intergovernmental transfers and the criteria use...

Intergovernmental Transfers: Rationale, Design and Indian Experience

Intergovernmental transfers have been employed in all federations to achieve a variety of political and economic objectives. However, an emphasis on economic objectives helps to focus the analysis on the ideal design of the transfer schemes and the departures from this can then be analysed in terms of various non-economic (political) objectives. In this paper, we present the economic rationale ...

An Analysis of Explicit and Implicit Intergovernmental Transfers in India

In this paper, we provide a critical overview of central-state transfers in India. In addition to examining explicit transfers through the Finance Commission, Planning Commission and central ministries, we also analyze implicit transfers that operate through inter-state tax exportation and subsidized lending to the states. We quantify equity impacts of these transfers, finding that formula-base...