Phillip J. Bryson - The Economics of Centralism and Local Autonomy: Fiscal Decentralization in the Czech and Slovak Republics

A comparative analysis of the process of public sector transition from central planning to market democracy. It is the story of the difficulties and complexities of moving to a system of greater autonomy for the subnational governments of the Czech and Slovak Republics, including the future of these two governments’ fiscal policies after the global recession.