Bargaining for a New Fiscal Pact in Mexico
The authors consider the malaise with
the present set-up of fiscal federalism in Mexico from the
points of view of the main players-the federal government,
the states, the municipalities, and the citizen voters-in
order to identify the areas of potential common interest as
well as the direct conflicts. There is a zero-sum game on
some issues, like the size of aggregate transfers, but not
on others, like raising tax collection and improving
accountability for service delivery. The authors consider
bargain packages that combine mutually beneficial changes
and thus might obtain broad enough political support. They
analyze the bargaining packages in two main tracks-one
concerning tax assignments, revenue sharing, and tax
administration, and another concerning the conjunction of
earmarked transfers and accountability for service
provision. An important result is that almost all states
would find it fiscally attractive to impose a sales tax that
replaced part of the federal value-added tax (VAT), even if
the federal government reduced revenue sharing enough to
cover half the cost of reducing the VAT rate to make room
for the state tax.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Webb, Steven B.,
Gonzalez, Christian Y. |
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, D.C.
2004-04
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| Subjects: | FISCAL FEDERALISM,
FISCAL REFORMS,
TAXES,
VALUE ADDED TAXES,
STATE TAXES,
SALES TAXES,
TAX COLLECTION,
SERVICE DELIVERY,
ACCOUNTABILITY,
NEGOTIATED REVENUE SHARING,
TAX ADMINISTRATION,
TRANSFERS ACCOUNTABILITY,
AUTHORITY,
AUTONOMY,
BASIC EDUCATION,
CITIES,
CITIZENS,
CONSTITUTION,
CORRUPTION,
DEBT,
DEBT SERVICE,
DECENTRALIZATION,
DEMOCRACY,
DEVOLUTION,
EVASION,
EXCISE TAXES,
EXECUTION,
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
FEDERALISM,
FISCAL,
FISCAL BALANCE,
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION,
FISCAL MANAGEMENT,
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY,
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES,
INCOME,
INFLATION,
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY,
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
INSURANCE,
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT,
LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY,
LOCAL TAX,
MAYORS,
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT,
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS,
MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
MUNICIPALITIES,
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS,
POLITICAL FEASIBILITY,
PROPERTY TAX BASE,
PUBLIC SECTOR,
PUBLIC SERVICES,
RATIONALIZATION,
REGULATORY SYSTEM,
REVENUE SHARING,
ROADS,
SMALL MUNICIPALITIES,
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
STATE GOVERNMENT,
STATE GOVERNMENTS,
STATE REVENUES,
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT,
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS,
TAX AUTHORITY,
TAX BURDEN,
TAX PAYMENT,
TAX RATE,
TAX RATES,
TAX REVENUES,
TAXATION,
TRANSPARENCY,
UNFUNDED MANDATES,
VOTERS, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/4242293/bargaining-new-fiscal-pact-mexico
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14106
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