Dłużne papiery wartościowe w finansowaniu jednostek samorządu terytorialnego w Polsce

The aim of the paper is to show the importance of the capital market for local government units. These entities often use repayable financing of their tasks, including capital market instruments, bonds in particular. First, the article reviews the legislation on the use of debt instruments by local government units in Poland. Second, on the basis of a quantitative study of data characterising the local government bond market, an assessment of the importance of bonds for the financing of local governments is presented.