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Samodzielność finansowa samorządów lokalnych
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE IN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENTS

Author(s): Justyna Łukomska-Szarek
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: LOCAL GOVERNMENT; FINANCIAL ECONOMY; FINANCIAL AUTONOMY

Summary/Abstract: Local self-government, as an entity placed within the organizational structure of the state, has its financial independence. Financial independence, ‘regardless of the form it appears, must be characterized by freedom of financial decision-making, relating to both gaining revenues and allocation of the revenues for a variety of expenditures. The measurement of independence is connected with a particular degree of allocation of revenues and expenditures for the particular purposes. This paper highlights the considerations of financial independence in Polish local self-government. Scientific investigations are focused on the presentation of basic concepts of this domain and opinion of the level of financial independence in local self-governments in 2006 - 2009.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 4 (09)
  • Page Range: 87-96
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish