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Author-Name: Jorge Martinez-Vazquez 
Author-Email: jorgemartinez@gsu.edu 
Author-Homepage: https://icepp.gsu.edu/profile/jorge-martinez-vazquez/
Author-Workplace-Name:  International Studies Program. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
Author-Workplace-Homepage:  https://icepp.gsu.edu/
Author-Name:LF Jameson Boex
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Title: Fiscal Capacity: An Overview of Concepts and Measurements Issues and Their 
       Applicability in the Russian Federation
Abstract:Intergovernmental fiscal relations in the Russian Federation have evolved 
 significantly since the onset of economic reforms in 1991. Since then, the Russian 
 government has set out to replace the old Soviet system of expenditure norms and 
 negotiated transfers with a more stable and transparent system of fiscal federalism 
 that is compatible with a free market economy. Fundamental to the development of a 
 system of intergovernmental transfers is an understanding of the concepts of fiscal 
 capacity and fiscal effort. These concepts are presented in Section II. In Section III,
 this note will discuss a variety of ways in which fiscal capacity and effort can be 
 measured; benefits and shortcomings of each of these measures will be discussed in detail.
 Section IV will provide a summary and make some concluding remarks. The next technical 
 note on fiscal capacity will conduct an analysis of the measures available to the 
 Government of the Russian Federation based on currently available data and techniques. 
Keywords: Russian Federation, Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Length: 23 pages
Creation-Date: 1997-06-01
File-URL:http://icepp.gsu.edu/files/2015/03/ispwp9703.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:ays:ispwps:paper9703