IN SEARCH OF A THEORETICAL APPROACH TO CASE STUDIES OF SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS

Authors

  • Neide César Vargas Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Keywords:

Subnational governments, Fiscal Federalism, decentralization

Abstract

This essay presents, starting from the traditional concept of fiscal decentralization, the most modern approaches of Fiscal Federalism according to mainstream theory, highlighting the perspectives that derive from Public Choice and New Institutional Economics. Concerning the New Institutional Economics’s federalism view it presents the Principal versus Agent model from the perspective of Hard Budget Constraint. It also discusses the variant of this model for analysis of emerging countries. Finally, it treats some preliminary critical aspects from neo-institutionalism comprehensive overview of Federalism analysis, suggesting the basic elements for a research agenda of subnational governments in Brazil

Author Biography

Neide César Vargas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Possui graduação em Ciências Econômicas pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (1986), mestrado em Economia pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (1990) e doutorado em Ciência Econômica pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2006). Atualmente é professora adjunta IV da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Tem experiência na área de Economia Regional e Economia do Setor Público, com ênfase em aspectos atinentes ao Federalismo.

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Published

2013-06-30

How to Cite

Vargas, N. C. (2013). IN SEARCH OF A THEORETICAL APPROACH TO CASE STUDIES OF SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS. Research &Amp; Debate Journal of the Postgraduate Program in Political Economy, 24(1(43). Retrieved from https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rpe/article/view/15902

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1(43) (2013)

Section

Papers