Journal title ECONOMIA PUBBLICA
Author/s Anna Laura Mancini, Alfredo Bardozzetti, Giacomo Ziglio, Paolo Chiades, Vanni Mengotto
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/1
Language Italian Pages 63 P. 33-95 File size 398 KB
DOI 10.3280/EP2023-001004
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The Covid-19 pandemic hit southern Italian municipalities during a period when they were already suffering from significant budgetary challenges, especially for those of bigger size. On the revenue side, southern cities depend heavily on central government trans fers, in part because of a smaller local tax base and more difficulties in collecting taxes. Their current expenditures show a higher share of non-squeezable items (personnel costs, interest on the debt and coverage of the previous deficit). Over the last decade, southern municipalities have been heavily affected by the contraction in government transfers and the tightening of local fiscal rules. Consequently, they have been less able, with respect to the rest of the country, to provide essential public services and to invest. Looking ahead, the difficulties of southern cities can be overcome through the completion of an equalization system that takes full account of the differences in expenditure needs and fiscal capacities, better enforcement of tax collection and more efficient use of resources.
Keywords: Municipal finance.
Jel codes: H70, H71, H72
Anna Laura Mancini, Alfredo Bardozzetti, Giacomo Ziglio, Paolo Chiades, Vanni Mengotto, Criticità e prospettive della finanza comunale nel Mezzogiorno alla vigilia del Covid-19 in "ECONOMIA PUBBLICA " 1/2023, pp 33-95, DOI: 10.3280/EP2023-001004