Smoke and mirrors: How regional finances complicate Spanish-Catalan relations
Smoke and mirrors: How regional finances complicate Spanish-Catalan relations
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10.1386/ijis.27.1.21_1
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发表时间：
2014-03-01
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0.3
通讯作者：
Gray, Caroline M.
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作者：
Gray, Caroline M.
本文分析了金融危机期间，特别是2010年中期至2013年中期，西班牙财政分权的形式与西班牙和加泰罗尼亚政府之间紧张关系的加剧之间的关系。随着西班牙地方政府一级严重的预算危机的展开，关于地区财政制度及其在17个自治区之间的再分配方法的长期争端升级。最值得注意的是，负债最多的地区之一加泰罗尼亚将其财政困境部分归咎于过度再分配。这并不是一种直接的联系，但区域融资体系的运作方式以及各区域财政（不）合规程度不同的原因都不明确，这削弱了问责制，加剧了中央和区域政府之间的争端，使双方都有机会提出不同的解释。区域财政方面的烟雾和镜子，加上西班牙政府间动态的性质，有助于解释为什么一直无法解决区域财政问题，无法商定区域筹资体系的长期改革。
This article examines the relationship between the form of fiscal decentralization in Spain and the rise in tensions between the Spanish and Catalan governments during the financial crisis, in particular from mid-2010 to mid-2013. As a profound budgetary crisis unfolded at regional government level in Spain, long-standing disputes over the regional financing system and its methods of redistribution among the seventeen autonomous communities escalated. Most notably, Catalonia, one of the most indebted regions, attributed its financial woes in part to over-redistribution. This is not a straightforward connection, but the lack of clarity regarding both the workings of the regional financing system and the causes of the regions' varying levels of fiscal (in) compliance reduced accountability and fuelled disputes among central and regional governments, giving both sides scope to offer different interpretations. The smoke and mirrors regarding regional finances combined with the nature of intergovernmental dynamics in Spain contribute to explaining the persistent inability to resolve regional fiscal problems and agree a long-lasting reform of the regional financing system.