Public management in times of austerity

Introduction / Evan Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Public management in times of austerity: the literature / Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- The five case countries / Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Germany: an outlier in terms of fiscal adjustment / Jobst Fiedler -- Gerhard Hammerschmid and Lorenz Löffler -- Italy: a tale of path-dependent public-sector shrinkage / Fabrizio di Mascio, Davide Galli, Alessandro Natalini and Edoardo Ongaro -- Cutback management in Denmark / Hanne Foss Hansen and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Cutback management in Ireland in the wake of the financial crisis / Muiris MacCarthaigh and Niamh Hardiman -- Cutback management in Estonia during the crisis of 2008-10 and beyond / Riin Savi, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Ringa Raudla -- New fiscal rules and budgetary reforms supporting fiscal turnaround in Germany / Jobst Fiedler and Juliane Sarnes -- Italy: centralisation of budgetary processes as a response to the fiscal crisis / Fabrizio di Mascio, Alessandro Natalini, Edoardo Ongaro and Francesco Stolfi -- Budgetary reform in Denmark in times of austerity / Eva Moll Ghin -- Budgetary and financial management reform in Ireland / Muiris MacCarthaigh and Niamh Hardiman -- Budgeting and financial management reforms in Estonia during the crisis of 2008-10 and beyond / Ringa Raudla, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Riin Savi -- Comparative analysis and conclusion / Eva Moll Ghin, Hanne Foss Hansen and Mads Bøge Kristiansen.