Abstract:The competition between municipalities is problematic due to a common misconception that rivalry is impossible because documents regulating finances are the same across all local self-governments. In contrast, scientific research shows that the livability of one municipality can differ to another because of differences in their social-economic benefits. This distinction is not conditioned by geographic location or other special features of the municipality but rather by the amount of funds assigned and allocated to social and public welfare. This article aims to reveal the factors pertaining to the municipalities' fiscal competitiveness that affect economic growth within the state. This has relevance as a reallocation of a municipality's expenditure could provide new possibilities towards increasing future revenue of the municipality. For reaching the aim is examined by evaluating the effect of municipalities' fiscal competitiveness on Lithuania's economic growth using the volume and structure of expenditure in its municipalities. Results show that the major channels determining the fiscal competitiveness of a region are human resources, the business sector, and the institutional environment, and that these differ among municipalities. JEL Classification Numbers: H75, H76, R50; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12955/cbup.v5.958

Nowadays municipal revenue management and administrative issues are more important and problematic. It is noted that in Lithuania’s separate municipalities collected budget revenues, formed budget expenditure, set borrowing limits, allocated from the state budget financial resources (grants) are significantly different. In order to determine reasons for these differences, it is appropriate to analyze the municipal fiscal competitiveness and identify fiscal competitiveness factors of individual Lithuanian municipalities. Understanding municipal fiscal competitiveness factors helps to explain why some municipalities more successfully than others increase tax revenue level and financial - social opportunities of their populations. This scientific article is funded by the Research Council of Lithuania according to the project „The evaluation of municipalities’ fiscal competitiveness in the context of economic growth” (2015-2018), registration No. MIP-013/2015.

Straipsnyje atliekama savivaldybių skolinimosi poreikio analizė, identifikuojami skolinimosi tikslai ir instrumentai, pateikiami susisteminti Lietuvos savivaldybių skolinimąsi reglamentuojantys norminiai dokumentai ir tiriama Lietuvos savivaldybių skolinimosi situacija. Tyrimo rezultatai atskleidė, kad savivaldybių skolinimosi procesas yra griežtai reglamentuotas, o skolinimosi poreikį dažniausiai formuoja investiciniai projektai ir savivaldybėms priskiriamų funkcijų didėjimas. Bendra visų Lietuvos savivaldybių skola, tenkanti vienam gyventojui, kiekvienais metais didėja, tačiau potencialo skolintis Lietuvos savivaldybėms dar yra, palyginti su kitų ES šalių savivaldybių įsiskolinimais.