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What determines the extent of fiscal decentralization ? : The Russian paradox / Freinkman, Lev
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- Author/Creator:
- Freinkman, Lev
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autonomy.
- Bank.
- Banks and Banking Reform.
- Budget.
- Budgets.
- Debt Markets.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Fiscal Decentralization.
- Fiscal Federalism.
- Governance.
- Governments.
- Inflation.
- Interest.
- Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Local Finance Management.
- Land.
- Local Government.
- Local Governments.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Municipal Financial Management.
- Municipal Governments.
- Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction.
- Public Sector Economics and Finance.
- Public Sector Management and Reform.
- Revenue.
- Services.
- Statistical Analysis.
- Structure Of Governance.
- Subnational Governance.
- Transfers.
- Urban Development.
- Urban Governance and Management.
- Urbanization.
- Local Subjects:
- Autonomy.
- Bank.
- Banks and Banking Reform.
- Budget.
- Budgets.
- Debt Markets.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Fiscal Decentralization.
- Fiscal Federalism.
- Governance.
- Governments.
- Inflation.
- Interest.
- Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Local Finance Management.
- Land.
- Local Government.
- Local Governments.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Municipal Financial Management.
- Municipal Governments.
- Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction.
- Public Sector Economics and Finance.
- Public Sector Management and Reform.
- Revenue.
- Services.
- Statistical Analysis.
- Structure Of Governance.
- Subnational Governance.
- Transfers.
- Urban Development.
- Urban Governance and Management.
- Urbanization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (42 pages)
- Other Title:
- What determines the extent of fiscal decentralization ?
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2005
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The paper provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of fiscal decentralization within Russian regions in 1994-2001. The conventional view that more decentralized governments are found in regions and countries with higher income, higher ethnolinguistic fractionalization, and higher levels of democracy is not supported by the data. This motivates a more refined analysis of the determinants of decentralization that points to the link between decentralization and the structure of regional government revenue: access to windfall revenues leads to a more centralized governance structure. The degree of decentralization also depends positively on the level of urbanization and regional size and negatively on income and general regional development indicators such as the education level.
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