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Fiscal Equalisation in Polish Municipalities (Example of Lower Silesian Voivodship)

In: Finance and Sustainability

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  • Paweł Kowalik

    (Wrocław University of Economics)

  • Marek Kustosz

    (Wrocław University of Economics)

Abstract

Corrective and compensatory payments for local government units have been one of the most frequently discussed issues related to the financing of local government units (LGU) for years. The question of whether the corrective payments burden the budgets of the payers to an adequate degree, and whether they constitute a sufficient source of additional income for the beneficiaries of these payments, remains open. The paper aims to present the volume of corrective cashflows in LGUs in 2018 and to examine the share of these payments in total income or in the communes’ total expenditures in 2017. The article provides basic information on systems of fiscal equalisation and the reasons for their implementation, particularly in Poland. The article discusses the effects of the system, on the example of the municipalities (communes) of the Lower Silesia Voivodship. The summary indicates the shortcomings of the current system and proposed changes. The data from the Ministry of Finance and the database of the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office (GUS) were used for the calculations.

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  • Paweł Kowalik & Marek Kustosz, 2018. "Fiscal Equalisation in Polish Municipalities (Example of Lower Silesian Voivodship)," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Agnieszka Bem & Karolina Daszyńska-Żygadło & Taťána Hajdíková & Péter Juhász (ed.), Finance and Sustainability, pages 85-95, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-319-92228-7_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92228-7_8
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    Keywords

    Horizontal fiscal equalisation; Municipalities; Dolnośląskie Voivodeship;
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    JEL classification:

    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism

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