Decentralisation and fiscal performance in Central and Eastern Europe

Makreshanska-Mladenovska, Suzana; Petrevski, Goran

doi:10.1080/14631377.2020.1793609

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“…Thus, budget indeed matters for providing high‐quality public services, especially in a decentralized context (Ablo & Reinikka, 1998). This study re‐emphasizes and expands earlier findings on the importance of adequate financial resources of LGUs (Alderman, 2002; Makreshanska‐Mladenovska & Petrevski, 2021; Pelari, 2019; Rodríguez‐Pose & Krøijer, 2009).…”

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Compliance with national standards of decentralized public services: The case of preschool services in Albania

Hegele,

Karakaçi,

Lang

et al. 2024

Public Admin & Development

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In the last few decades, many Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) engaged in processes of decentralization in which responsibilities of the national government are transferred to local government units (LGUs). Yet, it is still unclear under what circumstances LGUs in recently decentralized CEEC can deliver high‐quality public services. We put forward the argument that political, administrative, and financial factors related to characteristics of the LGU, and their implementation structure can explain the quality of public services, understood here as the compliance with standards set at central government level. We deduce a set of hypotheses which we test with the example of the public service of preschool education in Albania using generalized linear mixed‐effects models. We find that albeit fiscal factors are important, the relation between money and high‐quality public services is more complex than previously assumed. We find that private donations can undermine central government standards, and that requirements not involving financial costs are more likely implemented. Further, political, and administrative factors, although previously often neglected, play an important role. We find that outsourcing certain functions leads to higher service quality, and that urban areas provide higher quality services indicating that political actors need to focus on rural areas.

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“…LGUs (Alderman, 2002;Makreshanska-Mladenovska & Petrevski, 2021;Pelari, 2019;Rodríguez-Pose & Krøijer, 2009).…”

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Compliance with national standards of decentralized public services: The case of preschool services in Albania

Hegele,

Karakaçi,

Lang

et al. 2024

Public Admin & Development

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“…For instance, under some theoretical assumption that local governments are able to supply the public goods more efficiently and to conduct the public policy in more SHS Web of Conferences 92, 0 (2021) Globalization and its Socio-Economic Consequences 2020 transparent and accountable manner than the central government, decentralization increases the overall fiscal performance of the general government". [6]…”

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Municipalities’ own revenue as an instrument for financial independence

et al. 2021

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Research background: The article presents an analysis of the trends relating to the relation of the own income of municipalities and the received from the state budget financial resources compared with other countries which are chosen according to their form of state organization, as well as the financial relations of the municipal budget and the state budget, the budgetary relations and the applied fiscal rules. Purpose of the article: The topicality of the issues connected with the financial decentralization of municipalities and the existing problems is indisputable, as the analysis and the assessment of the financial independence of municipalities are made according to a basic index – their own income. The main problem that is connected with the independence of municipalities - lack of enough own income requires the exertion of serious efforts so that the financially weaker and local communities are protected. The globalization and the free movement of people have an adverse effect on the own income of the municipalities in the country because of their depopulation and to a large extent, they depend on the state subsidies and transfers which seriously limits their independence. Methods: The methods of analysis include a comparative one and an analysis of the constitutional and legal organization of municipal budgets in Bulgaria as well as an analysis of the structure of their own income. Findings & Value added: The analysis allows us to make suggestions about legal changes and recommendations for more useful budgetary relations between the municipal budgets and the state budget.

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On the effects of intergovernmental grants: a survey

Lago,

Lago-Peñas,

Martinez-Vazquez

2024

Int Tax Public Finance

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This paper offers a comprehensive and updated review of the effects of intergovernmental grants. We focus on the main findings in the existing literature on the effects of intergovernmental grants on tax policy and choices, expenditure decisions, fiscal stability and behavioral choices, and political economy. The intricate nature of the subject, intrinsically, does not allow for an all-inclusive survey, but we aim to provide a thorough examination and update of the most salient effects of intergovernmental grants, while indicating areas for further research.

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Decentralisation and fiscal performance in Central and Eastern Europe

Cited by 4 publications

References 47 publications

Compliance with national standards of decentralized public services: The case of preschool services in Albania

Compliance with national standards of decentralized public services: The case of preschool services in Albania

Municipalities’ own revenue as an instrument for financial independence

On the effects of intergovernmental grants: a survey

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