Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ivan V. Kostin Author-Email: iv_kostin@mail.ru Author-Workplace-Name: The State University of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Title: Attracting Direct Investment: Regional Practice Abstract: The article rationalizes the need for theoretical and application studies of investment management of the federal and municipal levels and analyzes investment volumes against the level of social and economic development of the regions within the Central Federal District. Kaluga Oblast is used as an example for identification of the promising regional investment policy directions. Classification-JEL: Keywords: investment, state investment policy of the regions, budget expenditure, attracting investment Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 161-170 Issue: 4 Year: 2011 Month: October File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2011/4/statii/2011_04_17.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:110417:p:161-170