A centralized directional distance model for efficient and horizontally equitable grants allocation to local governments

Arocena Garro, Pablo; Cabasés Hita, Fermín; Pascual Arzoz, Pedro

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A centralized directional distance model for efficient and horizontally equitable grants allocation to local governments

dc.contributor.author	Arocena Garro, Pablo
dc.contributor.author	Cabasés Hita, Fermín
dc.contributor.author	Pascual Arzoz, Pedro
dc.contributor.department	Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE	en
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-11T11:19:48Z
dc.date.available	2024-06-01T23:00:08Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.date.updated	2024-01-11T08:54:29Z
dc.description.abstract	This paper proposes a directional distance model for efficient resource allocation when there is a centralized decision maker who oversees all units. The model is designed to allocate grants from an upper-tier government to the municipalities under its jurisdiction. Local governments employ the grants together with levied local taxes to provide services to their citizens. The objective of our formulation is to optimize grants allocation across municipalities taking into account efficiency, effectiveness and horizontal fiscal equity criteria. The model easily allows the setting of alternative priorities of the central decision maker, thus permitting quantification of the trade-off between the potential increase in the provision of local services and its associated cost. The model is applied to the allocation of current grants in the autonomous community of Navarre in northern Spain.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	The authors acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the European Regional Development Fund (AEI/FEDER, European Union), research projects ECO2016-76681-R and ECO2017-86054-C3-2-R.	en
dc.embargo.lift	2024-06-01
dc.embargo.terms	2024-06-01
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dc.identifier.citation	Arocena, P., Cabasés, F., Pascual, P. (2022) A centralized directional distance model for efficient and horizontally equitable grants allocation to local governments. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 81, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2020.100947.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.seps.2020.100947
dc.identifier.issn	0038-0121
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/46982
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 81 (2022) 100947	en
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/ECO2017-86054-C3-2-R/ES/	en
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//ECO2016-76681-R	en
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2020.100947
dc.rights	© 2020 Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.	en
dc.rights.accessRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject	Centralized resource allocation	en
dc.subject	Efficiency	en
dc.subject	Horizontal equity	en
dc.subject	Local governments	en
dc.subject	Grant	en
dc.title	A centralized directional distance model for efficient and horizontally equitable grants allocation to local governments	en
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