Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Vittoria Idrisova Author-Name-First: Vittoria Author-Name-Last: Idrisova Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Lev Freinkman Author-Name-First:Lev Author-Name-Last: Freinkman Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title:Impact of Federal Transfers over Regional Authorities Behavior Abstract:The objective of the work is the analysis of the impact of grants, allocated from the central government budget for the expenditures of regional budgets, and the �sticker� effect, which means a traditional disproportion between the federal transfers and the amount of regional expenditure. In this work, the econometric models are provided for the estimates of the �sticker� effect scale in regional terms. The results of the presented work can be used for further enhancement of intergovernmental fiscal relations in Russia. Year: 2010 Issue: 137P File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/rpaper/83Idrisova.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2012 Classification-JEL: H71, H72, H77 Keywords:Federal Transfers, Regional Authorities Handle: RePEc:gai:rpaper:83 Language:ru