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Impact of Federal Transfers over Regional Authorities Behavior

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  • Vittoria Idrisova

    (Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy)

  • Lev Freinkman

    (Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy)

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The objective of the work is the analysis of the impact of grants, allocated from the central government budget for the expenditures of regional budgets, and the “sticker” effect, which means a traditional disproportion between the federal transfers and the amount of regional expenditure. In this work, the econometric models are provided for the estimates of the “sticker” effect scale in regional terms. The results of the presented work can be used for further enhancement of intergovernmental fiscal relations in Russia.

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  • Vittoria Idrisova & Lev Freinkman, 2010. "Impact of Federal Transfers over Regional Authorities Behavior," Research Paper Series, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, issue 137P.
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    Keywords

    Federal Transfers; Regional Authorities;

    JEL classification:

    • H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism

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