Determinantes das transferências voluntárias da União aos municípios brasileiros de médio porte

Abstract

The present research had as purpose to analyse the determinant factors of the Voluntary Transferences from the Union to Brazilian midsized cities, in a way based from the changes occurred in the Brazilian federative system, stablished by the Federal Constitution in 1988, which decentralized the Union responsibilities to the states and cities to guarantee the rights of public service provision to society. The theorical basement was passed by literature about the federative entities management on the methods of how resources are used and on the bargain strategies of incomes for the execution of investments that can attend the population. To comply with the intent, the sample was composed of 267 Brazilian cities in the period of 2014-2016, and consisted in the gather of financial data and socioeconomic indicators of the selected cities. The information was examined by statistical analysis in the linear regression model with panel data. The results showed that the GPD per capita and the region where the city is located exert positive influence in the receipt from the Voluntary Transferences of the Union.