An initial overview of how education and career background shapes local managerial strategies for intergovernmental versus own local revenues: A case of rural local governments in Mexico

Fiscal decentralisation results in a complex design and managing of intergovernmental fiscal relations which can create incentives, good and bad, for local actors. From the managerial perspective, education and career background have been found to be relevant. But, how do education and career background influence the managerial strategies when dealing with intergovernmental transfers versus the generation of own local revenues? This paper presents an initial assessment to answer this question. Overall, the findings point to the importance of both education and career background, particularly entrepreneurship. They also indicate that local managers with these demographic characteristics adapt better to the decentralisation system and make use of a range of financial managerial strategies