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Quasi-fiscal activities, hidden government subsidies, and fiscal adjustment in Armenia
Frejnkman, Lev M.; Gyulumyan, Gohar; Kyurumyan, Artak - 2003 - 1. print.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001791055
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Quasi-Fiscal Activities, Hidden Government Subsidies, and Fiscal Adjustment in Armenia
Freinkman, Lev; Gyulumyan, Gohar; Kyurumyan, Artak - 2013
This paper aims to develop a detailed analysis of quasi-fiscal deficits and subsidies, and their impact on Armenia … quasi-fiscal deficits and the incidence of quasi-fiscal subsidies in Armenia, as well as identify main recipients and … sources of quasi-fiscal financing. The principal finding of the paper is that while quasi-fiscal deficits in Armenia remain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563771
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Quasi-Fiscal Activities, Hidden Government Subsidies, and Fiscal Adjustment in Armenia
Freinkman, Lev - 2014
This paper aims to develop a detailed analysis of quasi-fiscal deficits and subsidies, and their impact on Armenia … quasi-fiscal deficits and the incidence of quasi-fiscal subsidies in Armenia, as well as identify main recipients and donors … of quasi-fiscal financing. The main finding of the paper is that, while quasi-fiscal deficits in Armenia remain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057878
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Role of the Diasporas in Transition Economies : Lessons from Armenia
Freinkman, Lev - 2014
This paper develops additional economic arguments to emphasize the potential importance of the Diasporas' contribution to economic transformation of former socialist economies. At the same time, it argues that so far this potential has been grossly underutilized, especially in the economies of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058111
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What determines the extent of fiscal decentralization ? : The Russian paradox
Freinkman, Lev - 2005
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522490
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Fiscal Decentralisation and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions
Freinkman, Lev - 2014
The paper provides empirical analysis of the relationship between fiscal decentralisation and the quality of public services in the Russian regions. The analysis suggests that fiscal decentralisation has no significant effect on the key inputs into secondary education, such as schools,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070314
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What Determines the Extent of Fiscal Decentralization? The Russian Paradox
Freinkman, Lev; Plekhanov, Alexander - 2012
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554167
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Fiscal Decentralization in Rentier Regions : Evidence from Russia
Freinkman, Lev; Plekhanov, Alexander - 2009
The paper argues that governments in regions that rely heavily on intergovernmental transfers and natural resource rents face serious distortions in their incentive structure. As a result, such regions tend to have more fiscally centralized governments than the regional characteristics would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012562601
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Fiscal Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions
Freinkman, Lev; Plekhanov, Alexander - 2010
The paper provides empirical analysis of the relationship between fiscal decentralization and the quality of public services in the Russian regions. The analysis suggests that fiscal decentralization has no significant effect on the key inputs into secondary education, such as schools,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012562602
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Incentive Effects of Fiscal Equalization : Has Russian Style Improved?
Freinkman, Lev; Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Thiessen, Ulrich - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202373