The impact of intergovernmental fiscal transfers on economic growth and the structure ofthe regional economy
In: Voprosy ėkonomiki: ežemesjačnyj žurnal, Heft 1, S. 91-103
The article studies the influence of various types of intergovernmental fiscal transfers on economic growth in Russia. With the help of econometric models, the authors show that the Russian practice testifies to the influence of certain types of intergovernmental fiscal transfers on economic growth; in addition, the hypothesis about the effects of transfers for specific purposes on the transformation of the regional economy structure is confirmed. In particular, this conclusion is put forward by the example of the industry "Agriculture, hunting and forestry".