Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121691 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 2089
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
The article analyzes the spatial pattern of public spending in several federative and regional scales. Theoretical considerations show gaps and common concepts to the relationship between federalism and territory. The empirical analysis shows an asymmetric pattern, with small and large municipalities reporting, for different reasons, similar high mean expenditures. The medium-sized cities have per capita spending at minimum point. The findings show the needs for federal arrangements to enhance public action, considering regional living standards specific for meeting the heterogeneous and unequal social and regional demand and to reduce the average cost in the provision of public goods and services.
Subjects: 
public expenditures
federalism
territory
JEL: 
H21
H23
H41
H61
H72
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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