1st Edition

Deficit and Debt in Transition The Political Economy of Public Finances in Central and Eastern Europe

By Istvan Benczes Copyright 2014
242 Pages
by Central European University Press

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... Read more
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

Biography

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