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August 12, 2026The Annals of Regional ScienceOpen Access

Divided autonomy: fiscal decentralisation across Italian regions and municipalities

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CGCarlo GianelleASAgnese SacchiSSSimone Salotti

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Overview

This analysis documents fiscal autonomy patterns and asymmetries in Italian regions and municipalities, indicating important implications for service provision.

Key Points

  • The study aims to uncover fiscal autonomy and dependence variations among Italian regions and municipalities.
  • Utilized OECD's REGOFI and MUNIFI databases to construct indicators of fiscal autonomy and dependence.
  • Analyzed fiscal data across special-statute regions and ordinary-statute regions as well as municipal levels.
  • Compared revenue patterns between northern and southern regions to highlight asymmetries in fiscal characteristics.
  • Special-statute regions showed significantly higher fiscal autonomy and lower transfer dependence compared to ordinary-statute regions.
  • At the municipal level, ordinary-region municipalities had higher own-revenue ratios, contrasting with dependent regions.
  • Marked revenue asymmetries were found between northern and southern municipalities, despite convergent per capita expenditures.

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Gianelle et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7c203e06a85aed514b72e8https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-026-01541-3
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