Socio-economic impacts of different categories of state expenditure in urban and rural regions
研究了芬兰国家支出在城乡地区的分配情况，发现当前支出结构并未促进落后地区与发达地区的经济趋同，因为大部分资金仅用于维持现状而非推动经济发展。
Decisions regarding the geographical allocation of state expenditure are important factors determining regional development and cohesion. However, the topic has received little scholarly attention due to limited data availability. Here such data were collected to uncover how state expenditure is allocated in Finland. The results reveal that while the Finnish state expenditure system is a redistributive one, the current structure of state expenditure does not stir convergence between the already socio-economically well-off and less advanced regions. This is because most of the funding received by the less developed municipalities is sustaining the current regional structure rather than regenerating economic development.