БЮДЖЕТНЫЕ РАСХОДЫ: ПРОБЛЕМЫ НЕОДНОРОДНОСТИ РЕГИОНОВ РОССИИ

Abstract

The state, as a system, presupposes the homogeneity of the economic space, which also applies to budget expenditures per capita in each region. Russia is distinguished by extremely uneven size of the regional budget, which, according to the authors, poses a threat to the integrity of the economic space and hinders economic growth in general.
 The aim of the study is to show the heterogeneity of Russian regions in terms of the level of budget expenditures per capita.
 The work investigated the ongoing processes of convergence and divergence in terms of the level of regional budgetary expenditures. Standard deviation and coefficient of variation were used as a tool to measure the level of convergence.
 In the course of the study, distinct convergence processes were identified until 2013, and then the termination of these processes.
 The processes of regional convergence require more active government action in the redistribution of budgetary funds, which was possible before the onset of the financial crisis and general stagnation processes that have been observed in the economy after 2012.
 The task of the state at this stage is to overcome regional differences in the provision of the basic needs of the inhabitants of the regions (education, medicine, housing conditions).