Decentralised Provision of Quasi-private Goods: The Case of Colombia

Publicado en

• Economic Modelling

Resumen

• This paper quantifies the welfare effects of decentralisation in Colombia, using a multiregional CGE model.We investigate to what extent will the Colombian Population be better off when goods such as health and education, are delivered locally as against centrally. A provision scheme based on the median voter is consided.According to the results, the provision of health and education by regional governments improves the welfare of the Colombian Population as a whole, since regional governments provide goods and services in a way that better caters to local preferences. More importantly,these welfare gains vary from 1.3% to 2.3% of GDP, a substantial magnitude especially when compared with the efficiency gains associated to the tax reforms of the early nineties.

autores

• Iregui, Ana María

fecha de publicación

• 2005

Área temática

• D58 - Modelos computables y otros modelos aplicados de equilibrio general
• H42 - Bienes privados suministrados por el sector público

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• 22

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