Local self-government financing and costs of municipality in Slovenia

Žan Oplotnik (Author), Boštjan Brezovnik (Author), Borut Vojinović (Author)

Abstract

This research paper focuses on the compliance of the actual system of financing local self-government in Slovenia with the basic principles of the theory of decentralization and guidelines of the European charter of local self-government. It addresses the level of costs coverage within the municipal competence by using the allocated appropriate expenditure resources calculated according to the Law of financing municipality Act. The purpose of the paper is, therefore, to look for an answer to the question whether and to what extent the obtained funds correspond to the actual workload that municipalities have for performing statutory tasks and for exercising their competences. Analysis shows that, on an aggregate level, these actual systems ensure enough resources for local governments to cover their actual costs and current expenditures; some groups of municipalities, e. g. larger urban municipalities, municipalities with large proportions of elderly people etc. are faced with lack of funding, according to the actual costs data available, while other groups of municipalities receive more funds than they need.

Keywords

javne finance;fiskalna decentralizacija;lokalna samouprava;financiranje občin;public finance;fiscal decentralization;local self-government;municipalities finance;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2012
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM PF - Faculty of Law
UDC:	342.25
COBISS:	4431915
ISSN:	1842-2845
Views:	967
Downloads:	121
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Other data

Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	javne finance;fiskalna decentralizacija;lokalna samouprava;financiranje občin;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	Str. 128-142
Issue:	ǂNo. ǂ37 E
Chronology:	2012
ID:	10847762