Researchers from the Institute of Public Finance comment on topical changes in the field of public finance. The press releases are primarily intended for the media, but also for all those interested in public finance.

ISSN: 1848-4123

2020

• No. 117 - Impact of the coronavirus on the life and work of European citizens / Predrag Bejaković, October 15, 2020
• No. 116 - Do We Spend Too Much on Medications? / Marijana Bađun, August 11, 2020
• No. 115 - How to Attract and Retain Workers in the System of Long-Term Care for the Elderly? / Marijana Bađun, July 30, 2020
• No. 114 - Central government budget transparency in Croatia: in spite of noteworthy achievements, there is still a lot of room for improvement / Mihaela Bronić, Josip Franić, May 8, 2020
• No. 113 - Job Preservation Grant / Ivica Urban, April 24, 2020
• No. 112 - Public sector economics in the time of coronavirus / Vjekoslav Bratić and Josip Franić, April 20, 2020
• No. 111 - Between the hammer and the anvil: what about wages funded by the general government budget at the time of the corona crisis in Croatia? / Slavko Bezeredi, Vjekoslav Bratić, Josip Franić, Ivica Urban, April 20, 2020
• No. 110 - Government in the jaws of the pandemic: how to ensure health of population, the economy and public finances? / Mihaela Bronić, April 20, 2020
• No. 109 - Should government meddle in anybody's working time? / Katarina Ott, March 18, 2020
• No. 108 - EBRD Transition Report: Better governance, better economies / Katarina Ott, March 6, 2020
• No. 107 - Achieving Higher Economic Growth Rates through EU Female Entrepreneurship Funding / Predrag Bejaović, March 6, 2020

2019

• No. 106 - Long-Term Care in Croatia: the European Commission's perspective / Marijana Bađun, July 2, 2019

2018

• No. 105 - Establishing a Central Registry of State Assets: third time lucky? / Anto Bajo and Marko Ignjatović, December 3, 2018
• No. 104 - Can we hope to break the vicious circle of inertia in Croatia? A commentary on the Commission’s European Semester Winter Package / Katarina Ott, March 19, 2018
• No. 103 - Decentralised funding of homes for the elderly and infirm in Croatia / Marijana Bađun, February 20, 2018
• No. 102 - National budget transparency: public access to budget information remains limited despite slight improvement / Mihaela Bronić and Josip Franić, February 9, 2018
• No. 101 - New VAT rates proposed for the EU / Marina Kesner-Škreb, February 1, 2018
• No. 100 - Fiscal Compact - the first decisive step towards euro adoption in Croatia / Anto Bajo and Davor Galinec, January 12, 2018
• No. 99 - National strategic investment projects and project cycles in the Republic of Croatia / Anto Bajo and Jakša Puljiz, January 4, 2018
• No. 98 - EBRD report on transition toward sustainable market economy: Croatia lags behind  / Katarina Ott, January 4, 2018

2017

• No. 97 - Croatia's business environment ranking deteriorates / Predrag Bejaković, November 20, 2017
• No. 96 - The Croatian fiscal equalization system is improving / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, October 24, 2017
• No. 95 - Should any budget surplus be immediately squandered? A commentary on the EU and Croatia fiscal stance assessment / Katarina Ott, September 21, 2017
• No. 94 - A Commentary on the Croatian Economic and Fiscal Policy Guidelines 2018 – 2020 / Katarina Ott, September 21, 2017
• No. 93 - Institutional support for strategic planning and economic development in the Republic of Croatia  / Anto Bajo and Jakša Puljiz, September 21, 2017
• No. 92 - An Overview of Social Protection Benefits in Croatia / Martina Pezer and Ivica Urban, February 15, 2017
• No. 91 - Croatian Public Debt Management Strategy for the Period 2017-2019 / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, February 7, 2017

2016

• No. 90 - Comments on the 2017 Croatian State Budget Proposal with Projections for 2018-19 / Katarina Ott, January 4, 2017
• No. 89 - About Guidelines on the Preparation of the Croatian National Budget for 2016 and Projections for 2017-18 / Katarina Ott, March 10, 2016
• No. 88 - Fiscal risks of raising salaries in civil and public services / Anto Bajo and Dijana Jurinec, February 18, 2016
• No. 87 - Government's report on the 2011-2015 term of office - We write at length, because there is “no time” to be concise / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, February 11, 2016

2015

• No. 86 - Solidarity charge - a new non-tax levy / Anto Bajo and Irena Klemenčić, October 6, 2015
• No. 85 - National budget transparency - a deterioration in the quality and comprehensiveness of government revenue and expenditure information / Mihaela Bronić and Ivica Urban, September 21, 2015
• No. 84 - Fifteenth amendments to the Local Government Unit Financing Act / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, September 21, 2015
• No. 83 - Croatian Institute of Immunology: where have things got stuck? / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, June 10, 2015
• No. 82 -  Financial Report of the Croatian National Tourist Board without financial statements / Anto Bajo, June 1, 2015
• No. 81 -  A Fiscal Governance Improvement Plan for a future Croatian Government / Anto Bajo, May 21, 2015
• No. 80 - The purposes of personal saving and borrowing / Marijana Bađun, May 20, 2015
• No. 79 - A view of fiscal consolidation results in the European Union / Anto Bajo, April 11, 2015
• No. 78 - Public Sector Finance Management in Croatia / Anto Bajo, April 11, 2015
• No. 77 - Fiscal Effects of Reducing Public Service Employees' Rights / Anto Bajo, April 8, 2015
• No. 76 - Tax Information Exchange with the United States / Irena Klemencic, March 31, 2015
• No. 75 - European Commission's opinion on the Croatian Pension System / Marijana Bađun, March 17, 2015
• No. 74 - Audit of local government-owned companies / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, February 25, 2015

2014

• No. 73 - Everything is like last year - we do not have the public debt management strategy? / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, January 16, 2015
• No. 72 - New tax revenue distribution between central government and units of local and regional self-government in Croatia / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, December 5, 2014
• No. 71 - The impact of changes in the Personal Income Tax Act on the average tax rate / Ivica Urban and Slavko Bezeredi, November 11, 2014
• No. 70 - Changes of methodological coverage of public debt and budget deficit in Croatia / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, October 28, 2014
• No. 69 - Finally, a State Asset Management Plan in Croatia / Anto Bajo, October 24, 2014
• No. 68 - Restructuring of public companies – the key to successful public sector reforms in Croatia / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, October 14, 2014
• No. 67 - New IMF Code of Fiscal Transparency: Citizens should be involved in fiscal decision-making / Katarina Ott, September 3, 2014
• No. 66 - Non-profit, private or public? / Anto Bajo and Maja Kolarec, April 1, 2014
• No. 65 - Who gets state aid in Croatia? / Marina Kesner-Škreb, February 14, 2014
• No. 64 - Are differences in water prices economically justified? / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, February 10, 2014
• No. 63 - Where is your borrowing and public debt management strategy, gentlemen? / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, January 13, 2014

2013

• No. 62 - How long is the Excessive Deficit Procedure for Croatia going to take? / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, December 20, 2013
• No. 61 - Package of legislative amendments for a better Croatian regional policy / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, November 25, 2013
• No. 60 - A commentary on the Croatian 2013 Budget Revision and the 2014 Budget Proposal with Projections for 2015-16 / Katarina Ott, November 27, 2013
• No. 59 - Unfortunately, Croatia still performs poorly on investment climate / Predrag Bejaković, November 14, 2013
• No. 58 - Croatian fiscal (dis)orientation / Anto Bajo, October 28, 2013
• No. 57 - Croatia among the leaders in the level of VAT rates / Marina Kesner-Škreb, October 16, 2013
• No. 56 - Does the credit rating downgrade threaten Croatia? / Anto Bajo, September 25, 2013
• No. 55 - General Government Accounts Statistics and Fiscal Transparency in Croatia / Anto Bajo, September 2, 2013
• No. 54 - Institutional Framework for Government Asset Management in Croatia / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, August 19, 2013
• No. 53 - Who manages Hospitals in Croatia? / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, June 26, 2013
• No. 52 - Inefficiency of Revenue Collection in Local Government Units in Croatia / Anto Bajo and Marko Primorac, May 9, 2013
• No. 51 - Value added tax: changes in rates in Croatia and trends in the European Union / Vjekoslav Bratić, May 3, 2013
• No. 50 - Draft Proposal for a State Property Management Strategy, 2013-2017 / Anto Bao, April 25, 2013
• No. 49 - Value added tax on tickets for cultural, entertainment and sporting events in Croatia Danijela Kuliš, April 9, 2013
• No. 48 - Can Individual Over-indebtedness Be Prevented by Limiting Current Account Overdrafts in Croatia? / Predrag Bejaković, March 2013
• No. 47 - Croatia's Open Budget Index 2012 score - a slight improvement in the quality and comprehensiveness of budget information / Mihaela Bronić and Ivica Urban, January 31, 2013
• No. 46 - Government and government finance in Croatia - a clean start or a clean stop? / Anto Bajo, January 31, 2013
• No. 45 - How to mitigate the consequences of population ageing in Croatia? / Predrag Bejaković, January 3, 2013

2012

• No. 44 - An immovable property tax proposal in Croatia: some open issues / Marina Kesner-Škreb, December 11, 2012
• No. 43 - The Revision of the Croatian State Budget for 2012 :  Why are the expenditures of the State Budget rising? / Mihaela Bronić, December 5, 2012
• No. 42 - The Revision of the 2012 Croatian central government budget: unrealistic planning of the budget and/or incapacity to implement what has been planned / Katarina Ott, December 5, 2012
• No. 41 - Personal income tax sharing among the central government, counties, cities and municipalities / Mihaela Bronić, November 6, 2012
• No. 40 -  A Commentary on the Croatian Economic and Fiscal Policy Guidelines for the 2013-15 Period / Katarina Ott, September 3, 2012
• No. 39 -  When will the Government bring out a report on the financial operations of companies of special national interest? / Anto Bajo, July 19, 2012
• No. 38 -  Waiting for fiscal consolidation in Croatia / Katarina Ott, May 21, 2012
• No. 37 -  Eight Findings about the 2010 State Aid in Croatia / Marina Kesner-Škreb, March 14, 2012
• No. 36 - Does the 2012 Budget Proposal Suggest a Fiscal Policy Turnaround in Croatia? / Anto Bajo, February 20, 2012
• No. 35 - The Challenge of Public Pension System Reforms / Marijana Bađun, February 17, 2012
• No. 34 - Meaning and purpose of macroeconomic and fiscal policy guidelines in Croatia / Katarina Ott, February 8, 2012

2011

• No. 33 - Citizens and Civil Society Demand Open Budget / November 25, 2011
• No. 32 - The Ease of Paying Taxes in Croatia, 2010/11 / Mihaela Bronić, November 7, 2011
• No. 31 - Default Risk of Government Guarantees in Croatia / Anto Bajo, October 24, 2011
• No. 30 - Commentary on the Croatian Government’s Economic and Fiscal Policy Guidelines for the 2012-14 Period / Katarina Ott, August 8, 2011
• No. 29 - A New EU Budget for 2014-2020 Proposed / Marina Kesner-Škreb, July 8, 2011
• No. 28 - Public Debt Management Strategy in Croatia / Anto Bajo, Marko Primorac, February 23, 2011

2010

• No. 27 - How Easy Is It to Pay Taxes in Croatia? / Mihaela Bronić, November 11, 2010
• No. 26 - Croatia's score on Open Budget Index 2010 / Marijana Bađun, Ivica Urban, October 20, 2010
• No. 25 - Companies of Special National Interest in Croatia / Anto Bajo, October 19, 2010
• No. 24 - Commentary on the Economic and Fiscal Policy Guidelines for the Period 2011-2013 / Katarina Ott, October 11, 2010
• No. 23 - What Is Expected from New Excise Duty Regulations in Croatia? / Danijela Kuliš, September 8, 2010
• No. 22 - Does it Pay to Stay Longer in the World of Labour? / Predrag Bejaković, August 19, 2010
• No. 21 - Croatian Pension System and the Economic Crisis / Marijana Bađun, July 20, 2010
• No. 20 - Which Government to Trust? / Katarina Ott, April 26, 2010
• No. 19 - A Reversal of State Aid Trends in Croatia and EU / Marina Kesner-Škreb, February 26, 2010
• No. 18 - Models for Funding Measures for Economic Recovery and Development in Croatia / Goran Vukšić, February 2, 2010
• No. 17 - Cautiously with the Croatian Budget Deficit in 2010 / Mihaela Bronić, January 18, 2010

2009

• No. 16 - Taxes in Croatia and OECD Countries / Mihaela Bronić, December 7, 2009
• No. 15 - The Pension System and the Proposed State Budget for 2010 in Croatia / Marijana Bađun, November 30, 2009
• No. 14 - The Proposed Croatian State Budget for 2010 – Maintaining Social Peace / Mihaela Bronić, November 26, 2009
• No. 13 - The Croatian Economy on the Way to the EU: Structural Problems Need Resolving / Marijana Bađun, November 23, 2009
• No. 12 - What is the Condition of the Croatian State Budget after as Many as Three Revisions? / Katarina Ott, September 9, 2009
• No. 11 - Some Characteristics of the "Crisis Tax" in Croatia" / Ivica Urban, July 28, 2009
• No. 10 - Economic Crisis and State Aid in Croatia / Marina Kesner-Škreb, May 12, 2009
• No. 9 - Fiscal Destimulation Instead of Fiscal Stimulation in Croatia / Katarina Ott, March 2, 2009
• No. 8 - Open Budget Index 2008 - Small Advances Made in the Accessibility of Information about Croatian Public Finance / Marijana Bađun and Ivica Urban, February 1, 2009
• No. 7 - Croatia Well Positioned, but Without Advancements in 2008 / Katarina Ott, January 27, 2009

2008

• No. 6 - State Aid in Croatia: Things Are Still Moving Forward / Marina Kesner-Škreb, December 22, 2008
• No. 5 - Why Has the Credit Rating of Zagrebački Holding Been Dowgraded? / Anto Bajo, December 16, 2008
• No. 4 - Croatia 2008 Progress Report: the Taxation Chapter / Katarina Ott, November 10, 2008
• No. 3 - Croatia's Tax Success / Marina Kesner-Škreb, July 3, 2008
• No. 2 - The Impact of Proposed Changes in Personal Income Tax on the Living Standards of Citizens in Croatia / Ivica Urban, June 9, 2008
• No. 1 - The Croatian 2008 State Budget - Social Peace and Public Sector Expansion / Anto Bajo, March 16, 2008