Top leaders and stragglers – investment activity of Lower Silesia communities  Cover Image

Prymusi i maruderzy – aktywność inwestycyjna gmin dolnośląskich
Top leaders and stragglers – investment activity of Lower Silesia communities

Author(s): Marian Kachniarz
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: local government; public finances; capital expenditure; community capital expenditure

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article was to characterize the investment activity in 189 municipalities in Lower Silesia region (Poland). The study included a period of particularly intensive investments due to the influx of EU funds (2004-2010). In the paper, the method of the synthetic index was used, based on three components: capital investment per 1 inhabitant, the relationship of investments expenditure to total expenditures and investment expenditure relation to own income. It let enrich an assessment of the communities investment activity with the characteristics of how to use their resources.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 367
  • Page Range: 112-118
  • Page Count: 7
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