Patricio Pérez González

Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth: Evidence from Spanish Regions

The degree of fiscal decentralization in Spain is similar to main federal countries and greater than unitary ones. The demand of public sector decentralization is based on a supposed efficiency gains that is far from being obvious. Using a data set for the Spanish regions, we reject the null hypothesis of a significant relationship between growth in per capita gross domestic product (GDP) and expenditure distribution among fiscal administrations. Nonetheless, we find empirical support for a relationship between revenue decentralization, far less advanced than the expenditure one, and growth. In both cases we do reject the null hypothesis of a nonlinear linkage between fiscal decentralization and growth in per capita GDP.

Fuentes y metodo para estimar la renta regional: Santander, 1895–1930

El ensayo consiste en una estimacion de la renta regional por la via del producto, aplicado a la economia de Cantabria durante el primer tercio del siglo XX. Tras una introduccion al modelo, se exponen loa principales resultados, problemas e insuficiencias que encuentran soporte metodologico en el anexo.