The political economy of public finance

Abstract

The public finance issues has become one of the vital subject affecting all economic sectors. Especially after the 2008 financial crisis, there has been intense debate on public finance issues. The issues of fiscal policy, public debts, economic growth and the redefinition of the role of the state, agricultural policies and the use of state funds are often on the agenda of policy makers. For this purpose, the chapters of the book in your hand are intended to discuss the public finance in terms of political economy. In addition, the chapters in “The Political Economy of Public Finance” seek to explain the development in public finance and fiscal policy with the key challenges. First draft of the chapters in this book were presented in 8th International Conference of Political Economy (ICOPEC) between 28th June 2017 - 30th June 2017 in Belgrade at Serbia and Montenegro. The main theme of the 8th ICOPEC conference has been identified as “Institutions, National Identity, Power, and Governance in the 21st Century”. The editors selected eight presented papers. Every paper was peer reviewed by two referees and become the book chapters