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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2017
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
UFZ Discussion Paper No. 3/2017
Verlag: 
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ), Leipzig
Zusammenfassung: 
Portugal has a unitary system in which the central government transfers funds to lower government levels for their public functions. In 2007, Portugal introduced Ecological Fiscal Transfers (EFT), where municipalities receive transfers for hosting Protected Areas (PA). We study whether introducing EFT in Portugal incentivized municipalities to designate PA and has led to a decentralization of conservation decisions. We employ a Bayesian structural time series approach to estimate the effect of introducing EFT in comparison to a simulated counterfactual time series. Quantitative results show a significant increase in the ratio of municipal and national PA designations following Portugal's EFT introduction. The analysis furthermore places emphasis on the importance of relevant municipal conservation competencies and the role of local decision makers' motivations for PA designations. Results have important implications for conservation policy-making in terms of allocating budgets and competencies in multi-level governments.
Schlagwörter: 
Bayesian structural time series
ecological fiscal transfers
fiscal federalism
municipal competencies
nature conservation
Portugal
JEL: 
C32
H41
H72
Q57
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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