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    Does Decentralization Affect the Size of Public Intervention? Evidence from Anti-Covid Public Policies
    (Oxford University Press, 2025-04-18) Herrero Alcalde, Ana; Martín Román, Javier; Moral-Arce, Ignacio; Unión Europea
    Although the impact of decentralization on public sector size has been extensively studied, little attention has been given to how this relationship unfolds during extreme events. Does decentralization amplify or constrain government intervention in times of crisis? This article addresses this gap by examining how different dimensions of decentralization influenced the size of fiscal measures adopted by thirty-one European countries in response to the crunch of the Covid-19 pandemic. Using data from the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker, we find that subnational expenditure and several dimensions of regional power constrain public intervention during crises. On the contrary, and although subnational taxing powers appear to have no significant effect, greater subnational borrowing autonomy is associated with larger policy responses.
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    Understanding citizens’ knowledge and preferences for fiscal equalization in decentralized countries
    (Taylor and Francis Group, 2025-09-01) Lago-Peñas, Santiago; Cadaval-Sampedro, María; Herrero Alcalde, Ana; Fernández-Leiceaga, Xoaquín; Agencia Estatal de Investigación. España
    This paper examines citizens' knowledge about the design and outcomes of regional fiscal equalization in Spain and identifies the factors explaining citizens' preferences regarding the degree of equalization. We find deficient information and a lack of a well-informed and unequivocal opinion. The paper also highlights the complexity of citizens' preferences regarding interregional redistribution, influenced by factors such as regional per capita income and collective identity. These findings are not only relevant for Spain but also provide valuable insights for other nations undergoing decentralization processes, emphasizing the importance of early and comprehensive discussions to avoid future challenges and conflicts.
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    Welfare benefits in highly decentralized fiscal systems: Evidence on interregional mimicking
    (Elsevier, 2024-01-10) Ayala Cañón, Luis; Herrero Alcalde, Ana; Martinez‐Vazquez, Jorge; Instituto de Estudios Fiscales. España; Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid. España
    This paper analyzes the determinants of welfare benefit levels within a highly fiscally decentralized context. More specifically, we analyze the role of mimicking as a driver of the institutional design of subnational government policies in the absence of federal co-ordination and financing. Empirically we focus on the welfare benefit programs of Spanish regional governments during the period 1996-2015. Our results strongly support the significant role played by mimicking: regional public agents observe what their peers are doing and act accordingly, and this holds even in a context of low mobility of households.
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    Revisiting Responsibility Attribution within Multilevel Governments: The Role of Information
    (Ministerio de Hacienda. Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, 2017-10-01) Herrero Alcalde, Ana; Tránchez Martín, José Manuel; Ruiz de Zuazu, M. Goenaga
    Recent research has shown that citizens living in decentralized countries struggle to identify which level of government is designing and implementing public policies, thus hindering the due accountability process of democracy. This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of citizens´ responsibility attribution by analyzing the Spanish case. A novel methodological approach is used by separately analyzing those citizens who fail to identify the competent level of government and those who did not even give an answer. Besides, two novel hypotheses are tested regarding the process by which information is transmitted to and absorbed by citizens: the impact of regional media and the territorial group bias. After confirming that the methodological strategy is correct, we find strong evidence that the existence of regional media helps responsibility attribution, thus fostering accountability; while co-official languages, used as a proxy of a group bias, hamper the process by which citizens identify the competent level of government.
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    Extreme Events and the Resilience of Decentralized Governance
    (Taylor and Francis Group, 2023-09-27) Cadaval-Sampedro, María; Herrero Alcalde, Ana; Lago-Peñas, Santiago; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge
    Extreme events, such as economic crises, natural disasters, or military conflicts, can affect the balance between centralization and decentralization forces across countries and transform, temporarily or more permanently, the design of multilevel governance. Using a panel for 91 developing and developed countries from 1960 to 2018, and another one for OECD countries between 1995-2018, we examine the effects of extreme external shocks on the decentralization level. We find that armed conflicts boost decentralization, while natural disasters reduce it only in non-OECD countries, with long lasting effects in both cases. Economic recessions do not have significant effects on the level of decentralization, except for the lasting effects on expenditure recentralization in OECD countries.
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    Demographic, political, institutional and financial determinants of regional social expenditure: the case of Spain
    (Taylor and Francis Group, 2016-04-11) Herrero Alcalde, Ana; Tránchez Martín, José Manuel
    This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of regional social spending using a data set of the 17 regional governments in Spain. With both a fixed-effects static and a dynamic model, results suggest that demography, inputs, institutional design and resources are critical in determining the size of regional social budgets. Empirical evidence was found about the existence of economies of scale, but social services do not seem to follow a luxury-good pattern. Left-wing governments seem to spend more, while federal regulations work as constraints of regional autonomy. Finally, strong evidence that the `foral` system of regional financing is creating horizontal inequalities in the access to essential public services was found, while the common regime seems to be working well enough.