The topic of fiscal federalism from the standpoint of the tax revenue and the expenditure distribution is extremely significant for the regional growth, both quantitatively (income and employment) and qualitatively (types of public disbursement and growth impact). In the present paper we will...

Mexico and Turkey have experienced an important growth during the last decades of the 20th century but they have, in spite of that, a low level of real income per inhabitant in comparison with OECD averages. This paper analyses the main economic features of these countries, in comparison with...

The differences among the regions of Europe are not only those of income and employment, but there are many other important and different circumstances affecting social welfare: education, health, justice or public satisfaction with government institutions. the purpose of this paper will be to...

Durante las dos ultimas decadas la economia española no ha desarrollado una politica industrial suficiente para situar al pais en un nivel de convergencia real con los paises mas avanzados de la OCDE y de la Union Europea. A pesar de la insistencia que desde diversas instancias se ha hecho...

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la situacion del gasto publico total en educacion para nueve paises de la OCDE entre los que se encuentra España, en el periodo 1985-1992. Para ello comparamos el gasto en estos paises desde diferentes perspectivas, en funcion del PIB, gasto por alumno,...

One of the EU objectives is economic and social cohesion, which is a necessary step for the success of European integration. A key factor for cohesion is the implementation of the adequate regional policy in order to reduce regional disparities. This objective can be reached in two different...