Die Corona-Pandemie hat 2020 zu einem der stärksten Einbrüche der Wirtschaftsleistung seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg geführt. Sie droht, Armut und Ungleichheit zu erhöhen. Auch die Staatsfinanzen sind durch die Krise in Mitleidenschaft geraten. Gleichzeitig ist der Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen...

The subject of this research is to analyze a number of factors that impact the quality of public finances in the selected post-socialist South East countries (SEE). In the theoretical part of the paper we have selected and analyzed the factors (variables). The following key factors of influence...

Public spending often increases at the end of fiscal years. This is undesirable because late spending tends to be inefficient. The causes for these spending spikes are however poorly understood. This paper offers a novel identification strategy that relies on the historic variation in countries'...

The sociological study of credit in political economies is a useful entry point for understanding what economic sociology can bring to the study of public finance. In this research note, I want to highlight one aspect of this, namely how a sociological focus on the political economy of credit...

Infrastructure construction is one of the basic driving forces of social and economic development. Since 1978, the construction of infrastructure in the People's Republic of China (PRC) has experienced rapid development, which has given a strong impetus to the PRC's modernization. But behind the...