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This chapter presents a comparative study of public finance issues in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, the Baltic countries and Turkey. Section 4.1 considers fiscal policy and economic restructuring. Section 4.2 looks at tax reform and Section 4.3 analyses expenditure reform. Privatisation is discussed in Section 4.4, and problems related to social safety nets and social security are discussed in Section 4.5. The last section presents some conclusions.
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Uluğbay, H., Zaim, O. (2001). Fiscal Policy in Turkey and the Transitional Economies of Europe. In: Togan, S., Balasubramanyam, V.N. (eds) Turkey and Central and Eastern European Countries in Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-333-97800-9_4
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