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TY - JOUR
T1 - Interazione spaziale nella spesa dei comuni Italiani
T2 - Un’analisi empirica
AU - Ferraresi, Massimiliano
AU - Migali, Giuseppe
AU - Nordi, Francesca
AU - Rizzo, Leonzio
AU - Secomandi, Riccardo
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - This paper uses a dynamic spatial autoregressive model on a sample of 5564 Italian municipalities over the period 2001-2011. By exploiting the spatial contiguity of municipalities, the analysis points to the existence of a positive and significant effects in neighboring spending decisions on its own municipal expenditure (total, current and investment expenditure). Further analysis indicate that such an effect is not consistent with the yardstick competition hypothesis, as the spatial dependence is not guided by political factors; rather, we found a negative and significant relationship between spatial interaction and the municipality’s size, thus suggesting that spillover effects drive the strategic interactions among local governments. In fact the higher the size the lower the impact in decreasing costs of public good provision due to the neighboring provision.
AB - This paper uses a dynamic spatial autoregressive model on a sample of 5564 Italian municipalities over the period 2001-2011. By exploiting the spatial contiguity of municipalities, the analysis points to the existence of a positive and significant effects in neighboring spending decisions on its own municipal expenditure (total, current and investment expenditure). Further analysis indicate that such an effect is not consistent with the yardstick competition hypothesis, as the spatial dependence is not guided by political factors; rather, we found a negative and significant relationship between spatial interaction and the municipality’s size, thus suggesting that spillover effects drive the strategic interactions among local governments. In fact the higher the size the lower the impact in decreasing costs of public good provision due to the neighboring provision.
KW - Interactions in local public expenditure
KW - Spatial econometrics
KW - Spillover effect
KW - System GMM estimator
KW - Yardstick com-petition
U2 - 10.14650/97088
DO - 10.14650/97088
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85090704242
VL - 19
SP - 249
EP - 273
JO - Scienze regionali
JF - Scienze regionali
SN - 1720-3929
IS - 2
ER -