Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vitalii A. Fedosov Author-Email: fedosov.vitali@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Saint Petersburg State University of Economics, Saint Petersburg 191023, Russia Author-Name: Valeriya V. Bogatchenko Author-Email: bogatchenkovaleria@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Saint Petersburg State University of Economics, Saint Petersburg 191023, Russia Title: Financial Mechanism of Participatory Budgeting in the Russian Federation Abstract: Participatory budgeting is one of the most actively developing forms of public participation in the budget process. Participatory budgeting practices implemented in the Russian Federation differ significantly from each other, which suggests that it is necessary to study further their financial mechanism. The authors has summarized the features of the financial mechanism in the implementation of various practices of participatory budgeting, and has highlighted and described the elements related to the following: implementation of participatory budgeting projects; accompanying participatory budgeting practices; and maintenance of objects created as a result of participatory budgeting practices implementation. The problems that are arising in the process of financing various participatory budgeting practices are systematized, and possible ways of solving them are proposed. Classification-JEL: H72, R50 Keywords: participatory budgeting, budget, financial mechanism, co-financing, subsidy Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 117-127 Issue: 3 Year: 2019 Month: June DOI: 10.31107/2075-1990-2019-3-117-127 File-URL: https://www.finjournal-nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2019/3/statii/fm_2019_3_09.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:190309:p:117-127