Debate: Reshaping local budgets and fiscal responsibilities in wartime Ukraine

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In wartime Ukraine, local governments have taken on significant fiscal responsibilities for defense-related spending, challenging the traditional view of defense as solely a national public good. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

Yuriy Holynskyy; Yuliya Markuts

doi:10.1080/09540962.2026.2726976

September 9, 2026Public Money & Management

Debate: Reshaping local budgets and fiscal responsibilities in wartime Ukraine

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To evaluate how the pressures of war alter municipal spending patterns and expand local fiscal responsibilities to support national defense.
Conducted a budgetary and policy debate analysis focusing on municipal fiscal adaptation in wartime Ukraine.
Evaluated shifts in public finance allocation where local authorities finance goods typically funded by national budgets.
Identified that subnational governments contribute significant financial resources directly to defense-related expenditures under wartime constraints.
Highlighted institutional challenges where strained national resources compel municipal budgets to absorb central government obligations.

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Policy analysis examines decentralized defense spending among Ukrainian municipalities, highlighting shifts in conventional public finance structures during wartime.

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Defence is commonly viewed as a national public good, yet local governments have become significant contributors to defence-related spending (Vakulenko et al., 2025) as the state budget alone canno...

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Holynskyy et al. (2026) studied this question.

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