This paper offers an evaluation about the current design of the unconditional transfer system to the municipalities in …

data framework. The data used covers the period 2005 to 2011 for the eight metropolitan municipalities making a total of 56 …

estimating structural coefficients that describe the behaviour of municipalities during a recent set of municipal mergers in … increase welfare via a counter-intuitive policy involving transfers to richer municipalities conditional on their participation …

-words: Regional Development, Metropolitan Area, Environment, Suburban, Inequality, City Size, Inner City, Municipalities … gardening cooperatives ("sadovodstva") into regular settlements (municipalities) with all necessary infrustructure 6 … special attention to St Petersburg Metropolitan Area, which includes a number of municipalities, located in Leningrad Oblast. …

declined more sharply in the municipalities subject to the Domestic Stability Pact than in those which were exempted. The Pact … effects have been relatively stronger for those municipalities in better financial conditions, that would have been able to …

The paper analyzes local political cycle in Czech municipalities over the period between 1997 and 2013. We apply the …-estimate the model for spending shares. We have found that the size of municipalities matters, and unsurprisingly, small … municipalities do not increase spending in such an extent as bigger municipalities, though big municipalities tend to have lower …

This paper analyzes local political cycle in Czech municipalities over the period between 1997 and 2013. We apply the …, municipalities increase capital spending (primarily on infrastructure, housing, leisure activities) and decrease current spending …