Details

Area of Expertise

Public sector economics:

• Transparency, accountability, and participation
• The tax system
• Taxation Costs
• Progressiveness of taxation
• Fiscal federalism
• Public debt
• The unofficial economy
• State aid
• Foreign direct investment
• Financing of science and education
• Relations between the executive branch and the legislature in the budget process

Publications

• The Citizen's Guide to the Budget
• The Citizen's Guide to Taxation
• Croatian Accession to the European Union: The Challenges of Participation

Major Current Activities

Projects looking at subnational budget watch, income tax progressivity, fiscal equalization, education expenditures, tax harmonization with the European Union, Croatia's European Union accession monitoring, etc.

Newsletters And Regular Reports

• Institute of Public Finance Newsletter
• Financial Theory and Practice Journal
• Press Releases