Fiscal Federalism, Fiscal Decentralization, and Economic Growth in Brazil: 1954 - 2018

Authors

  • Ágatha Lechner da Silva Secretaria do Tesouro Nacional
  • Sérgio Ricardo de Brito Gadelha Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55532/1806-8944.2022.182

Keywords:

Economic growth, Fiscal Federalism, Long run multipliers

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between economic growth and fiscal federalism in Brazil for the years 1954 to 2018. The simple model of endogenous growth with spending by different levels of government proposed by Xie, Zou and Davoodi (1999) was used to demonstrate how fiscal decentralization affects the long-run growth rate of the economy. Applying the model to the Brazilian Economy, an Autoregressive and Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) and long-term multipliers of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita growth rate in relation to the expenditures of federated subnational governments were estimated. The results show that the current designs of fiscal federalism and fiscal decentralization do not contribute to balanced and long-term sustainable economic growth

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Published

15-09-2022

How to Cite

Lechner da Silva, Ágatha, & de Brito Gadelha, S. R. (2022). Fiscal Federalism, Fiscal Decentralization, and Economic Growth in Brazil: 1954 - 2018. CADERNOS DE FINANÇAS PÚBLICAS, 22(02). https://doi.org/10.55532/1806-8944.2022.182

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