The Characteristics of the Budget of the Local Government of Debrecen

Abstract

The local self-governments created after the transformation of regime had to face changed conditions in the area of economy: the receipt and expenditure structure of their budget modified to a great extent, the economic independence of the settlements increased in comparison with the previous period. The paper tries to give an answer to which reasons may explain the deviation of the receipts and expenditures side of the budget of Debrecen from the national data. According to the results, the most important roles were fulfilled by the county seat and regfonal central roles (the high proportion of the normative state contributions and of the operational expenses) and the ownership relations of the public health institutions (low proportion of Transfers from the Social Security Funds). The long weak ability of the interest enforcement of the city may be regarded as less important (the low proportion of addressed and targeted grants and of the other accumulated and capital incomes), the constantly tightened nature of the budget (low proportion of credits) and the considerable service demand due to the size of the city (high proportion of money financing the operation of local services).