Methodological approaches to studying asymmetry of economic federalism relations

In the article, asymmetry of economic federalism relations is considered as a characteristic of regional economics' organizational features. The author's approach is to divide the vertical and horizontal asymmetry of economic federalism relations, justify methodological approaches to the analysis of vertical and horizontal asymmetry, and calculate the indicators characterizing these processes. The article provides an empirical proof of asymmetry processes of the economic federalism relations, approbates the author's methodology for assessing vertical and horizontal asymmetry. Results of the research can be used to substantiate the policy of fiscal federalism at the federal, regional and municipal levels of government. Methods of logical, structural, comparative analysis, as well as grouping method and statistical method of research were used in the article.