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040 _aES-MaIEF
_bspa
_cES-MaIEF
100 1 _966029
_aToubeau, Simon
245 0 _aAdjusting to austerity
_bthe public spending responses of regional governments to the budget constraint in Spain and Italy
_c Simon Toubeau and Davide Vampa
260 _c2021
500 _aDisponible también en formato electrónico.
500 _aResumen.
504 _aBibliografía.
520 _aWhat are the effects of fiscal imbalances, and austerity, on regional-level spending? To answer this question, we examine an original dataset of yearly spending decisions of regional governments in Italy and Spain between 2003 and 2015. We find that the rise in regional deficits has an important negative effect on regional governments’ spending. The strength of this effect is, however, mitigated by the presence of a left-wing party in regional office. In addition, we uncover an important variation in the extent of cutbacks across policy sectors: regional governments tend to protect the health sector and focus their retrenchment efforts on social assistance and running of public institutions. Partisanship matters here too, as left-wing parties tend to protect healthcare more than their right-wing rivals. These findings bear relevance for understanding the role of partisanship and policy sector in the process of public retrenchment in multi-level states.
650 4 _944855
_aGASTO PUBLICO REGIONAL
650 4 _948220
_aREDUCCION
650 4 _948053
_aPOLITICA DE GASTO PUBLICO
650 _aESPAÑA
_941092
650 _aITALIA
_947518
700 1 _969238
_aVampa, Davide
773 0 _9165672
_oOP 1793/2021/3
_tJournal of Public Policy
_w(IEF)17584
_x 0143-814X
_gv, 41, issue 3, September 2021, 462-488
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