FINANCIAL AUTONOMY OF MUNICIPALITES IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF NUTS3 REGIONS IN SLOVAKIA Cover Image

VÝVOJ FINANČNEJ AUTONÓMIE MUNICIPALÍT VO VZŤAHU K EKONOMICKEJ VÝKONNOSTI REGIÓNOV NUTS3 NA SLOVENSKU
FINANCIAL AUTONOMY OF MUNICIPALITES IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF NUTS3 REGIONS IN SLOVAKIA

Author(s): Filip Flaška, Stanislav Kološta, Soňa Čapková
Subject(s): Public Administration, Economic history, Economic policy, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: financial autonomy; HDP p.c.; disparities; local government;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper was from updated data to assess the evolution of indicators of financial autonomy of local govermnets in NUTS 3 regions in the broad and in the narrow sense; to measure regional disparities in indicator of financial autonomy in narrow sence and GDP per capita; after that, to investigate the existence of the relation between the financial autonomy of municipalities and the GDP per capita of NUTS 3 regions in Slovakia in the time periods 2005-2008, 2009-2011, and 2012-2014, e. g. before, during and after the outbreak of the economic crisis. Main methods were comparison, regression models and coefficient of variation. Between financial autonomy and GDP per capita there is a strong direct linear relationship which was strengthened during period 2012-2014.

  • Page Range: 36-42
  • Page Count: 7
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Language: Slovak