, fiscal grants systems under decentralization may also have result in the same. We investigate this issue to identify the …

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 … System noch zwei Schwächen, nämlich "Anomalien" beim Finanzausgleich und unzureichende Einnahmen der untersten staatlichen …

This paper provides a comparative assessment of fiscal decentralization in China and India, including the standard … subnational authorities over general economic activity. In particular, the case of China, where town and village enterprises have …, despite decentralizing reforms. The implications of differences in decentralization for fiscal outcomes and economic growth …

This paper provides a comparative assessment of fiscal decentralization in China and India, including the standard … subnational authorities over general nomic activity. In particular, the case of China, where town and village enterprises have … decentralizing reforms. The implications of ferences in decentralization for fiscal outcomes and economic growth are discussed. The …

This study comprises an introductory section and three essays analysing Russia's economic transition from the early … issues Russia has faced during its somewhat troublesome transformation from state-controlled command economy to market … Russia, the essay examines public infrastructure provision by Russian industrial enterprises. It is found that to a large …

Public employment grew surprisingly fast in Russia during the 1990s, at a time when total employment was falling. Most … growth of public employment in Russia appears less a result of ignorant or irresolute central management than a perverse …

for the future. The study starts with a much discussed question: why Russia did worse economically during transition than …