COMPARATIVE STUDY ON FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Ana-Maria Bercu and Mihai-Bogdan Petrisor ()
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Mihai-Bogdan Petrisor: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

The Annals of the "Stefan cel Mare" University of Suceava. Fascicle of The Faculty of Economics and Public Administration, 2010, vol. 10, issue 1(11), 201-219

Abstract: Our paper proposes a comparative analysis of the degree of administrative and financial decentralization in the European countries. Decoupling local government from a centralized system to a decentralized one involved with their investment decision-making powers backed by important financial resources. Increased local government capacity and accountability meant the effective and efficient management and administration of local public funds. However, most times their own financial resources proved insufficient leading to completion of the budget amounts. Our research shows that, although legally the local authorities were entrusted with decision-making powers in managing local public funds, lack of financial resources makes their dependence on central authority are still extremely strong.

Keywords: financial decentralization; local autonomy; public administration; administrative capacity; local budget (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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