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Fees and User Charges in Public Finance. Evidence from Selected OECD Countries

Publication date: 12.2019

Public Management, 2019, Issue 4 (48), pp. 299 - 315

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.19.021.11941

Authors

Marcin Będzieszak
Warsaw School of Economics
, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3167-6356 Orcid
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Fees and User Charges in Public Finance. Evidence from Selected OECD Countries

Abstract

The aim of this article is to assess the importance of user charges as a source of revenues in state and local government and factors that impact a volume of these revenues. In order to carry out the research it has been assumed that volume of revenues from fees and user charges are dependent on fiscal decentralization, are positively affected public expenditure and depend on the wealth of a society. Two models—for the whole public sector and for state and local government has been designed. Using a panel of 26 selected OECD countries in period 1995–2016 it has been proved that decentralization is a significant factor only in case of fees and user charges in whole public sector but not significant in decentralized model. As expected fees and user charges positively depend on volume of expenditures in both models and additionally negatively depends on tax burden. 

Opłaty i opłaty za usługi w finansach publicznych. Doświadczenia wybranych krajów OECD

Celem tego artykułu jest ocena znaczenia opłat i opłat pobieranych od użytkowników jako źródła dochodów dla finansów samorządowych oraz czynników wpływających na wielkość tych dochodów. W celu przeprowadzenia badań przyjęto, że wielkość przychodów z opłat i opłat za usługi od decentralizacji fiskalnej pozytywnie wpływa na wydatki publiczne i zależy od zamożności społeczeństwa. Zaprojektowano dwa modele: dla całego sektora publicznego oraz dla władz regionalnych i lokalnych. Przy użyciu panelu dwudziestu sześciu wybranych krajów OECD w latach 1995–2016 udowodniono, że decentralizacja jest istotnym czynnikiem tylko w przypadku opłat i opłat za użytkowanie w całym sektorze publicznym, ale nie jest znacząca w modelu zdecentralizowanym. Zgodnie z oczekiwaniami opłaty i obciążenia użytkowników pozytywnie zależą od wielkości wydatków w obu modelach i dodatkowo negatywnie zależą od obciążeń podatkowych. 

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Information: Public Management, 2019, Issue 4 (48), pp. 299 - 315

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Fees and User Charges in Public Finance. Evidence from Selected OECD Countries

English:

Fees and User Charges in Public Finance. Evidence from Selected OECD Countries

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3167-6356

Marcin Będzieszak
Warsaw School of Economics
, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3167-6356 Orcid
All publications →

Warsaw School of Economics
Poland

Published at: 12.2019

Article status: Open

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