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Equalizing federal transfers to Brazilian municipalities: old problems and new proposals based on the experiences of fiscal equalization programs in OECD countries and results-based fiscal transfers in the State of Ceará

Abstract

Put in place by military governments, the set of rules that guide equalizing federal transfers to Brazilian municipalities is clearly anacronic and very difficult to justify. The text proposes new criteria based on the experience of fiscal equalization programs in OECD countries and results-based fiscal transfers in the Brazilian State of Ceará.

Keywords
Fiscal equalization; Fiscal equity; Fiscal federalism; Federal transfers; Brazilian municipalities

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