Deficit and Debt in Transition - Couverture rigide

Benczes, Istvan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 963386058X ISBN 13 : 9789633860588

Editeur : Central European University Press, 2014

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Central European University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 963386058X
• ISBN 13: 9789633860588
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 242
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• Personne responsable: non disponible