From Elections to Appointments of the Regional Governors: Major Challenges and Outcomes

Sergey Sinelnikov-Murylev, Pavel Kadochnikov and Ilya Trunin
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Ilya Trunin: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
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Abstract: In 2005 Russian Federation moved from the elections of the regional governor to their appointment by the federal center. The study analyzes the possible changes in the regional governments fiscal policy due to the change of the preferences aggregation mechanism at the regional level. It includes an overview of the existing theoretical and empirical studies, as well as international experience of the regional governments formation. The study also contains a theoretical and empirical analysis of the possible changes in the fiscal policy in Russia at the regional level as a result of the implemented reform.

Keywords: Legal basis; accountability; reporting; reserve fund; natinal welfare fund; institution base; investment portfolio and asset management; macroeconomic and fiscal linkages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D73 H11 H61 H77 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 101258 words.
Date: 2008, Revised 2008
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