Delegative Federalism? Subnational Abdication and Executive Fiscal Centralisation in Argentina

2020 ◽  
pp. 147892992097852
Author(s):  
Jorge P Gordin
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Federal Grants ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Federal Governance ◽  
Subnational Governments

What accounts for the varying and increasing levels of centralisation in federal systems? This article contributes to this debate showing that, despite normative and theoretical arguments on the advantages of decentralised fiscal federalism, changing economic conditions and governance hurdles prompt an increasing trend towards executive fiscal centralisation. It seeks to unravel this theoretical riddle by proposing the concept of delegative federalism, defined as a model of federal governance suitable for explaining how economic contexts impel a dynamic of subnational assent to centralisation policies and reforms that oftentimes breach the historic institutional empowerment of subnational authorities. The experience of Argentina, a paradigmatic case of hyper-presidentialist federalism amid institutionally strong provinces, is analysed to show that national executives may increasingly extend their reach not only because of congressional dysfunction but also due to the disproportionate sway of overrepresented, mostly transfer-dependent subnational governments that shun revenue responsibility. Accordingly, and perpetuating centralisation, they delegate tax authority in crises times and abdicate it further when economic windfall affords them with predictable federal grants.

scholarly journals Blue Economy : Kesimbangan Perspektif Ekonomi dan Lingkungan

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajeng Faizah Nijma Ilma
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Natural Production ◽  
The People ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
The Future ◽  
Economic Use

<p>Blue economy is a process in which all the following raw materials derived from natural production process and follow the way nature works. Economic models of the future will take into account the advantages and strategy of innovation by following the natural conditions. Blue Economy is a tool that can be used to improve the unfavorable economic conditions and create more activity in the form of a sustainable model. Providing the best solution by transferring the economy and result in the community for the future so that it will be better. Indonesian nation has been indoctrinated to become the nation's agricultural and economic use of the land base oriented as its economic growth pattern. However, the strength of the domestic market consumption value indicates that there should be digging back potential economic growth potential there to be able to be a formidable nation. The contribution of fisheries and marine sector experienced an increasing trend. However, the welfare of the people residing in coastal areas is still very low, lower than the society that focuses on development in other sectors.</p><em>Keywords:</em> blue economy, marine sector, economic growth

5. Fiscal federalism

2019 ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Mark J. Rozell ◽  
Clyde Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
National Government ◽  
State Spending ◽  
Federal Grants ◽  
Average Operating ◽  
State Policymaking ◽  
The Republic ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Right

“Fiscal federalism” describes how during the early decades of the republic, Congress gave states money to help pay for new roads and canals, to support their militia, and to build colleges and universities. But the system of granting money to the states grew in the twentieth century, especially after the Sixteenth Amendment gave the national government the right to impose an income tax in 1913. The chapter discusses the federal grants program, which now provides about 30 percent of the average operating revenues of state and local governments. It also considers how the national government uses mandates to influence state policymaking, how states raise revenue through taxation, and the differences in state spending programs.

scholarly journals Effects Of The New System Of Fiscal Federalism On Local Economic Development Efforts A Test Case

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
John E. Peck ◽  
Thomas R. Swartz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Federal Grants ◽  
New Federalism ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New System

Although Congress has never officially endorsed President Reagans plan for a New Federalism, it is apparent that our system of fiscal federalism has undergone massive changes in recent years with Federal grants as a percentage of state and local own revenue falling since 1978 on a yearly basis. This paper considers the impact of the changing fiscal federalism upon local economic development efforts using South Bend, Indiana, a rather typical community in the manufacturing belt  as a case study.

Il federalismo fiscale: un falso rimedio nel caso italiano

1996 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-196
Author(s):  
Domenicantonio Fausto
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Northern Regions

Abstract From a purely theoretical viewpoint it can be pointed out the lack of strong arguments in favor of decentralization.In Italy, the current pressures toward the so-called «fiscal federalism» are facing the existing considerable discrepancies among the various areas of the country between the ability to spend and financial resources.The attempt to equalise the regional incomes would require huge transfers from four Northern regions only to all the others.Such a perspective looks very irrealistic. According to the Author, decentralization entails a more marked economic discrepancy among areas whose economic conditions present huge gaps.Thus, fiscal federalism appears as an inadequate remedy to the Italian problems.

scholarly journals Fiscal federalism and a separate budget for the euro area

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leokadia Oręziak
Keyword(s):  
Euro Area ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Monetary ◽  
Financial Transfers ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Subject

Abstract The core objective of this paper is to determine the main political and economic conditions and challenges related to the possible evolution of the integration process in the euro area toward fiscal federalism and fiscal union as a way to increase the capacity of the area to cope with future economic and financial crises. The issue of a separate budget for this area is of particular interest in this article. The idea of such a budget has recently become the subject of lively public debate in the European Union and has been a factor in encouraging the European Commission to propose new solutions at the end of 2017 in the field of economic governance of the euro area, including the establishment of a European Monetary Fund. The analysis carried out in this article leads to the conclusion that under the current conditions, there is little chance of introducing such regulatory and institutional changes that would significantly increase the scale of financial transfers between the euro area member states.

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