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分散化发展：政府分裂的经济影响
Decentralizing Development: The Economic Impacts of Government Splits
摘要
Changes in political boundaries aimed at devolving power to local governments are common across many countries. We examine the economic impacts of government unit creation through splitting. Exploiting reforms that led to sharp increases in the number of municipalities in Brazil, we show that voluntary splitting enlarges the public sector, enhances public service delivery, and stimulates long-term economic activity in new local governments. These gains are not offset by losses elsewhere and are stronger in peripheral, remote, and underdeveloped areas neglected by parent governments. Higher fiscal revenues and decentralized decision-making contribute to the positive effects on local economic activity. (JEL D72, H41, H75, H76, H77, Q53, R51)
中文摘要
旨在将权力下放至地方政府而进行的政治边界调整在许多国家都很常见。本文通过分析政府单位拆分创建的影响，考察其经济效应。利用导致巴西城市数量急剧增加的改革，我们发现自愿拆分扩大了公共部门规模，提升了公共服务供给，并刺激了新地方政府长期的经济活动。这些收益并未被其他地区的损失所抵消，且在那些被原属政府忽视的边缘、偏远及欠发达地区更为显著。更高的财政收入与分散化决策对地方经济活动的积极效应起到了推动作用。（JEL D72, H41, H75, H76, H77, Q53, R51）