Budgeting in a time of austerity: The case of the Estonian central government

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-195

  Jõgiste, Kadri ^a   Peda, Peeter ^b   Grossi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a Ministry of Finance   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Budgeting; Central government; Crisis; Estonia; Financial sustainability; Maastricht criteria

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FISCAL POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84859721407     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.1611     Document Type: Article

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