Deficit and Debt in Transition

The Political Economy of Public Finances in Central and Eastern Europe
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-963-386-058-8
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

The adjustment problems of public finance in countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are often misunderstood and misinterpreted by western scholars. This book contributes to the bridging of the gap between what is being thought by external observers and what the actual public finance reality is, as described by competent local scholars. Popular political economy research has remained biased towards advanced countries and has neglected developing and transition economies. Publications on CEE countries' public finances seem to be reluctant to apply the conceptual framework of standard political economy to these countries because of the assumption that CEE economies are different from their Western peers. But is this really the case? Are CEE economies so much different that none of the well-known Western political economy concepts or models can be applied to the analysis of fiscal performance in the region? Benczes demonstrates that they can be safely applied in the context of CEE economies as well. He sees no need to develop a separate or unique theory designed for the study and understanding of (one-time) transition economies.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benczes, Istvan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft, Besteuerung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements, List of Tables, List of Figures, List of Boxes, List of Abbreviations, List of Contributors, Introduction: Political Economy and Public Finances István Benczes, I. Cross-Country Analysis of Public Finances in Central and Eastern Europe, II. Case Studies in the Public Finances of Central and Eastern Europe, Index

Über Autor(innen)

István Benczes is Professor of Political Economy and European Finance, Faculty of Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest.