Intergovernmental Transfers in the Structure of Limited-Access Atomic Cities Budgets as Territories of the New Industrialization: an Empirical Study

The paper studies a relevant scientific and practical problem of formation of local budgets revenues in limited-access localities, and particularly focuses on limited-access atomic cities. Limited-access atomic cities as a specific type of urban settlements are territories of ongoing processes of the new industrialisation. From the perspective of municipal government, limited-access atomic cities enjoy the status of urban districts, where local government is responsible for forming local budgets. The paper presents the results of an empirical research of local budgets revenues in Russian limited-access atomic cities and reveals trends and factors affecting the amount of grants, subsidies and subventions in the structure of local budgets revenues. The author demonstrates that despite a unique potential for the new industrialisation possessed by limited-access atomic cities intergovernmental transfers retain their importance as the most significant source for formation of their local budgets.