This study provides an empirical investigation of fiscal interactions in the context of a developing country. I examine three fiscal components - budget balance, tax revenue, and public spending - to measure spatial interactions between Colombian municipalities from 2000 to 2010. I am using...

Finding a definitive answer to the question of whether fiscal redistribution is harmful or beneficial for regional economic performance is not straightforward. This paper disentangles the key components of fiscal redistribution in a regional Canada-US setting. Redistributive spending is...

Many countries operate pronounced fiscal equalization schemes that shift tax revenue across jurisdictions. We use a general equilibrium model with multiple asymmetric regions, costly trade and labor mobility to carve out the aggregate implications of this policy. Calibrating the model for...

El presente trabajo trata de evaluar los posibles efectos que, sobre diferentes agregados macroeconómicos, hogares, actividad productiva y precios, tendría una reducción de las cuotas empresariales a la Seguridad Social para una economía regional, concretamente la andaluza, adecuándolas a...