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Date: February 21, 2024
A space-industry econometric filter to model spatial and sectoral productivity convergence: a reconnaissance using Galician shires, 2010-2018
INARBE organiza este seminario impartido por Fernando de la Torre Cuevas, de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Tendrá lugar el 21 de febrero a las 12,00h. en la sala de conferencias del edificio Jerónimo de Ayanz.
Abstract: In this paper we carry out an empirical analysis in order to identify if Spanish local authorities strategically react to tax setting behaviour by neighbouring municipalities. We focus on the car ownership tax, which represents 11% of local tax revenue, and has been subject to important changes by some municipalities in recent years. The empirical model estimates a different slope of the municipal tax reaction function for each province. Our results provide evidence of significant tax competition in most provinces, but with significant geographical heterogeneity. In a second stage, we empirically relate the intensity of tax competition to the number of municipal jurisdictions in each province (directly) and their availability of vertical transfers and property tax revenues (indirectly).
Fernando de la Torre Cuevas es investigador colaborador vinculado en el Instituto de Estudios e Desarrollo de Galicia (IDEGA), vinculado a la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Recientemente, ha defendido su tesis doctoral bajo el título “Expanding hybrid approaches to construct (inter)regional input-ouput models.” Su interés investigador se centra en los campos de la economía regional, el análisis input-output y la econometría espacial.