The assignment of the responsibility for different taxing powers is one of the most important problems in the theory and practice of fiscal federalism. The literature provides us with a set of general guidelines for the “tax assignment problem.” One conclusion is that “tax exporting”...

Este trabajo se ocupa del progreso, luego del ingreso, de los estudiantes de la cohorte 2000 de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Si bien hay antecedentes de medición del rendimiento de los estudiantes de la Facultad y sus factores explicativos, se...

This work has as objective to analyze the factors that influence in the students' performance. The whole population of students of public universities in Argentina is used. The data are of the Census of Students of National Universities of 1994. Indicators of the main characteristics of the...

In this paper the main issues of the fiscal federalism in Argentina are reviewed. The conflicts arising from the intergovernmental fiscal relations have not had an adequate solution along the time. The redesign requires an emphasis on the marginal fiscal responsibility, the compensation of...

In this paper the fiscal situation of argentinian provinces in the period 1983-2006 is studied and the impact of national policies is estimated. Without these policies the provinces would have had surplus versus the deficit that accounting shows. The provincial debt on December 31st 2006 was...

In this paper the Argentine experience in the field of local governments is presented. In the first place, the paper studies the evolution and current situation of the vertical structure of the public sector, the relationships and tensions among the levels of government, and the description of...

This book compares the successes and failures of the development and growth processes of Argentina and Brazil. It provides important insights into the different performances of these economies through a series of comparative essays written by Argentinian and Brazilian economists.

Following a partial equilibrium approach, this paper studies the effect of fiscal policy on income distribution in Argentina, based on budget information corresponding to the year 2004. Specifically, it aims to provide an empirical answer to a set of questions related to the responsibility of...