The effects of inter-government fiscal arrangements on variation in regional economic growth are analyzed for Russia, a country with large cross-regional differences and considerable fiscal redistribution. Moreover, fiscal reforms implemented in the first half of 2000s, which followed to some...

Die Ukraine ist ein Land mit großen regionalen Unterschieden. Eine Analyse der Finanzströme zwischen der zentralstaatlichen und der regionalen Ebene für die Jahre 1996 bis 1999 zeigt, dass Einkommen von relativ reichen zu relativ armen Regionen umverteilt und hierbei die regionale...

Russland hat seit Mitte der 90er Jahre alle wesentlichen Elemente seines Systems des Fiskalföderalismus sukzessive reformiert: den Finanzausgleich sowie die Verteilung der Verantwortlichkeiten und der Einnahmen auf die Gebietskörperschaften. Dabei folgte es weitgehend dem "State of the Art"...

The effects of inter-government fiscal arrangements on variation in regional economic growth are analyzed for Russia, a country with large cross-regional differences and considerable fiscal redistribution. Moreover, fiscal reforms implemented in the first half of 2000s, which followed to some...

This paper provides an empirical analysis on the question whether equalization payments across regions and transfers from the central government stimulate regional growth or impede it. Using a panel of 22 French regions from 2002 to 2008, we find that regional economic growth is positively...

The effects of inter-government fiscal arrangements on variation in regional economic growth are analyzed for Russia, a country with large cross-regional differences and considerable fiscal redistribution. Moreover, fiscal reforms implemented in the first half of 2000s, which followed to some...