As transferências constitucionais de recursos federais no quadro econômico do Estado do Amazonas

Abstract

This dissertation, considering as a case study the municipalities of Amazonas, aim to analyze: firstly, the existing relationship between the constitutional fiscal transfers of the federal government to the municipalities (classified as redistributive) and the principal revenue of those municipalities. And then, find the importance of this revenue on their Gross Domestic Product. The results show that the municipalities depend strongly on the intergovernmental transfers. There is no doubt on the importance of intergovernmental transfer systems in a country like Brazil that has federalism as a form of government. The system of intergovernmental fiscal transfers is an important instrument for reducing the interregional inequalities and also an important factor for minimizing the existing conflicts in the federation.