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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP8133 |
DP8133 Interregional Redistribution and Regional Disparities: How Equalization Does (Not) Work | |
Anke Kessler; Christian Lessmann | |
发表日期 | 2010-12-01 |
出版年 | 2010 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Do inter-governmental transfers such as equalization grants reduce interregional disparities? This paper studies both theoretically and empirically the impact of interregional redistribution on interregional inequality. We set up a model with residential choice and equalization grants between regions, and show that interregional transfer payments prevent convergence promoting migration. We test our model in using cross-country data and panel data for 22 highly developed OECD countries. The evidence suggests a positive relationship between interregional transfers and regional disparities both across countries and over time from 1982 to 2000. In the cross-section data, we find that countries with higher levels of interregional redistribution in the past show a subsequent increase in interregional disparity, while countries with lower levels of grants and transfers show less divergence or even convergence. The panel reveals a similar picture: countries who have increased their sub-governmental transfers and grants have experienced more divergence (less convergence) over time than countries who have lowered their transfers. |
主题 | Public Economics |
关键词 | Interregional transfers Redistribution evidence Regional disparity |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp8133 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/536970 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Anke Kessler,Christian Lessmann. DP8133 Interregional Redistribution and Regional Disparities: How Equalization Does (Not) Work. 2010. |
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