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    “Our mission is to guarantee effective compliance of the financial sustainability principle by the General Goverment”

    AIReF reports strong investment in high-speed rail over insufficient investment in suburban rail and proposes shifting focus to mobility criteria

    Recurso trenes
    The Spanish Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) explains that Spain has built a more extensive high-speed rail network than other countries without greater cost but also without considering mobility criteria The institution states that overall operation of high-speed railway lines is profitable in Spain, albeit without recovering the investment and with significant differences between ... Read more

    AIReF reports that increased subsidies for flights taken by extra-peninsular residents has led to increased ticket prices

    Imagen recurso
    AIReF proposes replacing the current 75% subsidy with a fixed amount for each route, as well as studying mechanisms to achieve more balanced distribution of the subsidy across income levels It conducts a distributive analysis reaching the conclusion that the subsidy is unevenly distributed, under which the 20% of residents with the highest incomes account ... Read more

    Transport infrastructure study

    This Spending Review Phase II study focuses on analyzing the efficiency of transport infrastructures and making proposals for improvement. Specifically, it recommends improving the selection of infrastructure investments in order to increase their social and economic profitability and satisfy the mobility needs of citizens. After joining the European Union in the mid-1980s, Spain began an ... Read more

    Tax benefits study

    This Study of the second phase of the Spending Review focuses on the analysis of 13 tax benefits, with a cost of 35 billion, which represents 60% of the total existing benefits. In its evaluation, AIReF highlights the opportunity cost of tax benefits in terms of revenue collection and the importance of ensuring that they ... Read more