Impact assessment of interregional government transfers in Brazil: an input-output approach

Carlos A. Luque, Eduardo Haddad, Gilberto Lima, Sergio Sakurai () and Silvio Costa

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Abstract: Redistributive policies carried out by the central government through interregional government transfers is a relevant feature of the Brazilian federal fiscal system. Regional shares of the central government revenues in the poorer regions have been recurrently smaller than the shares of central government expenditures in those regions. Appeal to core-periphery outcomes could be made, as São Paulo, the wealthiest state in the country, concentrated, in 2005, over 40% of total Federal tax revenue, receiving less than 35% of Federal expenditures. These figures suggest a redistribution of public funds from the spatial economic core of the economy to the peripheral areas. This paper investigates the role interregional transfers play in the redistribution of activities in the country, using an interregional input-output approach. Counterfactual simulations allow us to estimate some costs and benefits, for the core and periphery respectively, from such fiscal mechanisms.

Keywords: Interregional government transfers; input-output analysis; impact analysis; Brazilian economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H5 H77 R15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-05
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Working Paper: IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF INTERREGIONALGOVERNMENT TRANSFERS IN BRAZIL: AN INPUT-OUTPUT APPROACH (2011)
Working Paper: Impact Assessment of Interregional Government Transfers in Brazil: An Input-Output Approach (2011)
Working Paper: Impact Assessment of Interregional Government Transfers in Brazil: An Input-output Approach (2011)
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