Procedimientos de recaudación en los Estados Unidos

El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar el procedimiento base de recaudación aplicado por el Internal Revenue Service, la Administración federal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, y alguno de los procedimientos especiales que en el mismo se pueden insertar, con el objetivo de contrastarlo con los procedimientos vigentes en España y destacar sus más señaladas divergencias. Se ha prescindido, pues, de todo lo relativo a las peculiaridades estatales y locales.

The determinants of contractual choice for private involvement in infrastructure projects in the United States

Reliance on private partners to help provide infrastructure investment and service delivery is increasing in the United States. Numerous studies have examined the determinants of the degree of private participation in infrastructure projects as governed by contract type. We depart from this simple public/private dichotomy by examining a rich set of contractual arrangements. We utilize both municipal and state-level data on 472 projects of various types completed between 1985 and 2008. Our estimates indicate that infrastructure characteristics, particularly those that reflect stand alone versus network characteristics, are key factors influencing the extent of private participation. Fiscal variables, such as a jurisdiction’s relative debt level, and basic controls, such as population and locality of government, increase the degree of private participation, while a greater tax burden reduces private participation.