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Equalization and the Incentives for Growth: An Empirical Investigation
of the "Tax-Back" Effect

Using vector error correction models of the economies of the six equalization-receiving provinces that received equalization payments without interruption during the 1961-1998 period, as well as a generalized impulse response analysis, the paper explores the dynamics of the interactions between flows of equalization payments and other key variable in the economies of recipient provinces.