Interregional redistribution and budget institutions under asymmetric information:

Empirical evidence from the U.S. and the European Union suggests that regions which contribute to interregional redistribution face weaker borrowing constraints than regions which benefit from interregional redistribution. This paper presents an argument in favor of such differentiated budgetary ins...

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Main Authors: Huber, Bernd 1960- (Author), Runkel, Marco 1971- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Munich CES 2005
Munich Ifo
Series:CESifo working papers 1491 : Category 1, Public finance
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Summary:Empirical evidence from the U.S. and the European Union suggests that regions which contribute to interregional redistribution face weaker borrowing constraints than regions which benefit from interregional redistribution. This paper presents an argument in favor of such differentiated budgetary institutions. It develops a two-period model of a federation consisting of two types of regions. The federal government redistributes from one type of regions (contributors) to the other type (recipients). It is shown that a fiscal constitution with lax budget rules for contributors and strict budget rules for recipients solves the self-selection problem the federal government faces in the presence of asymmetric information regarding exogenous characteristics of the regions.
Item Description:Literaturverz. S. 23 - 25. - Auch im Internet unter den Adressen www.SSRN.com und www.CESifo.de verfügbar
Physical Description:25 S. graph. Darst. 21 cm