The present work examines the reasons that gave rise to European Regional Policy and describes its principles and basic objectives, as well as the operational transformations it underwent from the 1988 Structural Fund reform till the approval of the Agenda 2000. Its ability to correct regional...

The aim of the present paper it is to analyse the volume and the distribution of the financial resources that form the FEDER funds in the European Union. These funds have got a main purpose in relation with reduction of the structural development differences among the states members. To attain...

Spanish Abstract: El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar la relación que existe entre la dependencia financiera de los Municipios, su grado de marginación y su deuda. A través de tres indicadores (ingresos propios, dependencia y deuda) y de acuerdo con el grado de marginación. Los...

Spanish Abstract: La Administración General de Aduanas en México juega un papel fundamental en su comercio exterior, dado el auge del fenómeno de globalización en el que las economías cada vez están más interconectadas, un balance entre facilitación comercial y control aduanero son...

English Abstract: This article presents a comparative analysis of the optimal fiscal response to shocks in the sub-national public sector in cooperative and non-cooperative models. The analysis is undertaken by comparing models that assume idiosyncratic demandside shocks and sub-national...