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Title Deficit and debt in transition : the political economy of public finances in Central and Eastern Europe / edited by István Benczes
Published Budapest, Hungary ; New York, NY : Central European University Press, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 226 pages)
Contents Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 244
Summary 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
Analysis Debts, Postcommunism, Economic policy, Finance, Political economy, Public debts, Public finance
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Finance, Public -- Europe, Central
Finance, Public -- Europe, Eastern
Debts, Public -- Europe, Central
Debts, Public -- Europe, Eastern
Finance, Public -- Europe, Central -- Case studies
Finance, Public -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Public Finance.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Economy.
Debts, Public.
Finance, Public.
Central Europe.
Eastern Europe.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Form Electronic book
Author Benczés, István, editor
ISBN 9789633860595
9633860598