Budget Rigidity and Expenditure Efficiency in Slovenia /

This paper assesses the relative efficiency and flexibility of public spending in Slovenia compared to the advanced and new EU member states. Spending on health care, education, and social protection is relatively high in Slovenia without achieving correspondingly better outcomes. Inefficiencies app...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Mattina, Todd
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gunnarsson, Victoria
Μορφή: Επιστημονικό περιοδικό
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Σειρά:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/131
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full text available on IMF
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