Die Untersuchung der durch staatliche Aktivität ausgelösten Zahlungen – seien es Steuern und Abgaben auf der Einnahmenseite oder öffentliche Ausgaben – besitzt traditionsgemäß einen hohen Stellenwert in der empirischen Finanzwissenschaft. Ziel der vorliegenden Studie des Instituts für...

The recent process of political and economic transformation in eastern European countries has not only contributed to the decentralisation of political structure but also significantly enhanced the fiscal autonomy of municipalities in these countries. In this context many similar types of public...

Intergovernmental transfers can be either conditional or unconditional with regard to the autonomy of local governments in spending such financial means. Although fiscal decentralisation has recently been quite pronounced in Eastern European transition countries, the dominance of a purpose- and...

The paper examines the progress being made in local finance reforms and indicates pathways to advance those reforms. A summary of the effects of decentralization is given as a contextual background for the discussion of local finance reforms. The inefficient tax assignment has constrained the...