Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Irina Starodubrovskaya Author-Name-First: Irina Author-Name-Last: Starodubrovskaya Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Margarita Slavgorodskaya Author-Name-First: Margarita Author-Name-Last: Slavgorodskaya Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Tatiana Letunova Author-Name-First: Tatiana Author-Name-Last: Letunova Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Nina Mironova Author-Name-First: Nina Author-Name-Last: Mironova Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Harry Kitchen Author-Name-First: Harry Author-Name-Last: Kitchen Author-Workplace-Name: The Trent University, Canada Title: Regional Peculiarities of the Municipal Reform in the Period of Transition Abstract:Organizational and financial issues related to the governance of municipalities were examined in this work with the aim to analyze regional peculiarities of municipal reform during transition period. Analysis was conducted with the help of budget statistics for the first half of 2006 and regional budgetary legislation, as well as with the help of the data received during research in the pilot regions and municipalities. Length: 87632 words. Creation-Date: 2007 Revision-Date: 2007 File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/3Starodubrovskaya.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2007 Classification-JEL: H11, H70, H77, K10 Keywords: municipal reform, transition economies Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:3