What Determines the Extent of Fiscal Decentralization? The Russian Paradox

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 levels of...

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Main Authors:	Freinkman, Lev, Plekhanov, Alexander
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AUTONOMY BUDGET REVENUES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL CITIES COMPETITIVENESS CONSENSUS CORRUPTION DECISION-MAKING DEFLATORS DEGREE OF CORRUPTION DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEMOCRATIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISTRICTS ECONOMIC SIZE ELASTICITY ELECTORAL COMPETITION EQUALIZATION EXHIBITS EXPENDITURE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERALISM FEDERATIONS FISCAL FISCAL CENTRALIZATION FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL REVENUE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT CONSUMPTION GOVERNMENT LEVELS GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SPENDING HEAD OF STATE INCOME INFLATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LOCAL DECISION MAKING LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIGRATION MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POSITIVE EFFECTS PRIVATIZATION PURCHASING POWER REGIONAL DECENTRALIZATION REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REPUBLICS REVENUE MEASURES REVENUE SHARING SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOVEREIGNTY STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURE OF GOVERNANCE SUBNATIONAL BUDGETS SUBNATIONAL FINANCE SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT TAX COLLECTION TAXATION TRANSPARENCY URBANIZATION VOTERS WATER SUPPLY WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6271190/determines-extent-fiscal-decentralization-russian-paradox http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8290

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spelling	okr-10986-82902021-04-23T14:02:43Z What Determines the Extent of Fiscal Decentralization? The Russian Paradox Freinkman, Lev Plekhanov, Alexander ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AUTONOMY BUDGET REVENUES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL CITIES COMPETITIVENESS CONSENSUS CORRUPTION DECISION-MAKING DEFLATORS DEGREE OF CORRUPTION DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEMOCRATIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISTRICTS ECONOMIC SIZE ELASTICITY ELECTORAL COMPETITION EQUALIZATION EXHIBITS EXPENDITURE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERALISM FEDERATIONS FISCAL FISCAL CENTRALIZATION FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL REVENUE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT CONSUMPTION GOVERNMENT LEVELS GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SPENDING HEAD OF STATE INCOME INFLATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LOCAL DECISION MAKING LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIGRATION MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POSITIVE EFFECTS PRIVATIZATION PURCHASING POWER REGIONAL DECENTRALIZATION REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REPUBLICS REVENUE MEASURES REVENUE SHARING SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOVEREIGNTY STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURE OF GOVERNANCE SUBNATIONAL BUDGETS SUBNATIONAL FINANCE SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT TAX COLLECTION TAXATION TRANSPARENCY URBANIZATION VOTERS WATER SUPPLY WEALTH 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 levels of democracy is not supported by the data. This motivates a more refined analysis of the determinants of decentralization that points to the link between decentralization and the structure of regional government revenue: access to windfall revenues leads to a more centralized governance structure. The degree of decentralization also depends positively on the level of urbanization and regional size and negatively on income and general regional development indicators such as the education level. 2012-06-18T17:01:08Z 2012-06-18T17:01:08Z 2005-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6271190/determines-extent-fiscal-decentralization-russian-paradox http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8290 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3710 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation
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topic	ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AUTONOMY BUDGET REVENUES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL CITIES COMPETITIVENESS CONSENSUS CORRUPTION DECISION-MAKING DEFLATORS DEGREE OF CORRUPTION DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEMOCRATIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISTRICTS ECONOMIC SIZE ELASTICITY ELECTORAL COMPETITION EQUALIZATION EXHIBITS EXPENDITURE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERALISM FEDERATIONS FISCAL FISCAL CENTRALIZATION FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL REVENUE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT CONSUMPTION GOVERNMENT LEVELS GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SPENDING HEAD OF STATE INCOME INFLATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LOCAL DECISION MAKING LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIGRATION MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POSITIVE EFFECTS PRIVATIZATION PURCHASING POWER REGIONAL DECENTRALIZATION REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REPUBLICS REVENUE MEASURES REVENUE SHARING SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOVEREIGNTY STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURE OF GOVERNANCE SUBNATIONAL BUDGETS SUBNATIONAL FINANCE SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT TAX COLLECTION TAXATION TRANSPARENCY URBANIZATION VOTERS WATER SUPPLY WEALTH
spellingShingle	ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AUTONOMY BUDGET REVENUES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL CITIES COMPETITIVENESS CONSENSUS CORRUPTION DECISION-MAKING DEFLATORS DEGREE OF CORRUPTION DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEMOCRATIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISTRICTS ECONOMIC SIZE ELASTICITY ELECTORAL COMPETITION EQUALIZATION EXHIBITS EXPENDITURE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERALISM FEDERATIONS FISCAL FISCAL CENTRALIZATION FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL REVENUE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT CONSUMPTION GOVERNMENT LEVELS GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SPENDING HEAD OF STATE INCOME INFLATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LOCAL DECISION MAKING LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIGRATION MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POSITIVE EFFECTS PRIVATIZATION PURCHASING POWER REGIONAL DECENTRALIZATION REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REPUBLICS REVENUE MEASURES REVENUE SHARING SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOVEREIGNTY STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURE OF GOVERNANCE SUBNATIONAL BUDGETS SUBNATIONAL FINANCE SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT TAX COLLECTION TAXATION TRANSPARENCY URBANIZATION VOTERS WATER SUPPLY WEALTH Freinkman, Lev Plekhanov, Alexander What Determines the Extent of Fiscal Decentralization? The Russian Paradox
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description	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 levels of democracy is not supported by the data. This motivates a more refined analysis of the determinants of decentralization that points to the link between decentralization and the structure of regional government revenue: access to windfall revenues leads to a more centralized governance structure. The degree of decentralization also depends positively on the level of urbanization and regional size and negatively on income and general regional development indicators such as the education level.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Freinkman, Lev Plekhanov, Alexander
author_facet	Freinkman, Lev Plekhanov, Alexander
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title	What Determines the Extent of Fiscal Decentralization? The Russian Paradox
title_short	What Determines the Extent of Fiscal Decentralization? The Russian Paradox
title_full	What Determines the Extent of Fiscal Decentralization? The Russian Paradox
title_fullStr	What Determines the Extent of Fiscal Decentralization? The Russian Paradox
title_full_unstemmed	What Determines the Extent of Fiscal Decentralization? The Russian Paradox
title_sort	what determines the extent of fiscal decentralization? the russian paradox
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6271190/determines-extent-fiscal-decentralization-russian-paradox http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8290
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