SUSTAINABILITY, DEVELOPMENT REGIONS AND LOCAL REVENUE MOBILIZATION IN ROMANIA

Abstract

: This research explores the potential influence that location in a development region can exert on public revenue mobilization in the case of Romanian cities, communes and municipalities. Revenue mobilization was analyzed for 3227 Romanian territorial-administrative units (almost all) for four years (from 2008 to 2011), taking into account the development regions (NUTS 2 level) in which these communities are located. The results corroborate previous evidence that, in the case of Romania, regions of development have an effect on revenue mobilization at the local level. According to the data, local authorities/governments from the North-West development region (with collection levels ranging from 85.54% to 90.61% from what was predicted), West (ranging from 81.69% to 87.55%) and Bucharest (ranging from 84.27% to 88.29%) have better revenue mobilization in the analyzed period. On the other hand, local authorities from the North-East development region (74.43% to 82.25%), South (73.88% to 83.43%) and South-East (with collection ranging from 78.68% to 81.89%) reached lower levels of revenue mobilization; Center and South West development regions constitute an intermediary case between the aforementioned two categories.