Economic Aspects of Local Authorities Functioning

Abstract

The relevance of the study on economic aspects of local authorities' functioning is due to their dual nature in the complex system of market relations. In this regard, this article is aimed at economic aspects' revealing of local authorities' functioning, as well as the disclosure of various interest levels' interaction in the system of municipal management. A leading approach in the study of this problem is the method of the effectiveness assessing of local authorities' functioning. The article presents the analysis of domestic researchers' different points of view in relation to the substantial characteristics of municipal economy, reveals the nature of the interaction of various interest levels in the system of municipal relations, discloses the duality of local authorities' position in the municipal system of economic relations, proposes a classification of business entities under the municipal economy, proves the specificity of the economic and moral relations in the system of local authorities. The article is valuable for researchers, teachers and students studying the problems of formation and development of the national municipal economy, research methods within the discipline "Economics of public (government) services", "Municipal economy", as well as specialists of local authorities who are concerned with the improvement and development of municipal economy.

Urban parks and their impact on the sustainable development of the tourist area: international experience and prospects of its application in the Kaliningrad region and the Republic of Tatarstan (RF)

“…On the one hand, it is connected with the lack of budget funds for development [1] and underestimation of the impact of urban parks on the attractiveness and sustainable development of the territory. At the same time, many studies [2][3][4][5] show that the urban parks are of strategic importance for the development of the territory, as they positively affect the quality of life of the population. It is no coincidence that urban parks are taken as a public good [6] because even if a city park is fenced and park services are seen as consumer ones, paid by those who can afford them, it is unlikely that the fees charged will cover the direct and indirect costs (for example, for the personnel wages).…”