Area-Based Budget Allocation and Notes to the Provincial Concentration and Inequality
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https://doi.org/10.55164/ecbajournal.v16i1.259931Keywords:
area-based budget allocation, Gini coefficient, provincial budget per capita, budget allocation theoriesAbstract
This paper presents the area-based budget allocation in Thailand over the period BE2559-2561 and highlights budget allocation by provinces using institutional economics as framework. The objectives offers recognizes that budget allocation may be explained by different theories, for instrances, 1) institutional factors, 2) bargaining power of agencies, 3) growth-led-budget, 4) policy responsive to specific problem, and 5) equalization policy. The methodology used a Gini coefficient estimation, a measure of inequality which is defined as the budget per capita. The provinces are groups by quintile in accordance to budget per capita. The results shows that budget allocation tends to be concentrated in central provinces and unequal distributed across regions. This paper has some limitation due to rather short-period of study and it should be studied further to include recent years (BE2562 to present)
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