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Decentralization effects in ecological fiscal transfers - the case of Portugal
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Abstract Portugal has a unitary system in which the central government transfers funds to lower government levels for their public functions. In 2007, Portugal introduced Ecological Fiscal Transfers (EFT), where municipalities receive transfers for hosting Protected Areas (PA). We study whether introducing E... mehr
Portugal has a unitary system in which the central government transfers funds to lower government levels for their public functions. In 2007, Portugal introduced Ecological Fiscal Transfers (EFT), where municipalities receive transfers for hosting Protected Areas (PA). We study whether introducing EFT in Portugal incentivized municipalities to designate PA and has led to a decentralization of conservation decisions. We employ a Bayesian structural time series approach to estimate the effect of introducing EFT in comparison to a simulated counterfactual time series. Quantitative results show a significant increase in the ratio of municipal and national PA designations following Portugal’s EFT introduction. The analysis furthermore places emphasis on the importance of relevant municipal conservation competencies and the role of local decision makers’ motivations for PA designations. Results have important implications for conservation policy-making in terms of allocating budgets and competencies in multi-level governments.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Umweltschutz; Naturschutzgebiet; öffentliche Aufgaben; Finanzierung; Umverteilung; Föderalismus; Dezentralisation; Transferleistung; Multi-Level-Governance; Naturschutz; Portugal
Klassifikation
Ökologie und Umwelt
Öffentliche Finanzen und Finanzwissenschaft
Freie Schlagwörter
Bayesian structural time series; ecological fiscal transfers; fiscal federalism; municipal competencies
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Erscheinungsort
Leipzig
Seitenangabe
33 S.
Schriftenreihe
UFZ Discussion Papers, 3/2017
ISSN
1436-140X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht-kommerz., Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen