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The adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) is gaining momentum across the world. Greece … sector in Greece adopted IPSAS-based standards (P.D.54/2018) in June 2018. The transition from modified cash accounting to … objective of this study is to assess the impact of IPSAS on financial reporting and public management in Greece and discuss the …
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The scope of this study is to examine the progress of a neuralgic reform - that of the Greek state budget - during the financial crisis period and within the clashing rocks of the Greek politicians and the Troika. The objective of the reform is - or should be - common for both parties: the...
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This paper aims to present an extension of the ICES model to capture the public sector. Departing from a demand system mainly derived from the GTAP model, ICES-XPS model disentangles the private and the public actors. The paper reviews the changes in both the database and the model equations...
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Views on the need for a public budget have varied over time. Before the twentieth century, the chief reason for the early application to the budget was a desire to control public spending and taxation. The mid-twentieth century saw major worldwide changes in socio-economic circumstances and...
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We construct comprehensive public sector balance sheets for Finland for 2000-2016 by complementing general government statistics with data on public corporations and pensions. These static balance sheets show that Finland's public sector net worth at end 2016 was - 160 percent of GDP, after...
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Over the past decade, the governments of a growing number of jurisdictions throughout the world have elected to implement accrual accounting and financial reporting as the basis for their reformed financial management architectures. This phenomenon has been widely debated in public management...
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Public Accounts Committees (PACs) has significant role to play in enhancing oversight and accountability for the use of public funds. This paper discusses the role of PACs in promoting effective, efficient and economic (EEEs) use of public resources for the benefit of the public. It also...
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Rising federal spending and huge deficits are pushing the nation toward a financial and economic crisis. Policymakers should find and eliminate wasteful, damaging, and unneeded programs in the federal budget. One good way to save money would be to cut subsidies to businesses. Corporate welfare...
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Fiscal transparency and participation in government budgeting are widely promoted, yet claims about their benefits are rarely based on convincing evidence. We provide the first systematic review covering 38 empirical studies published between 1991 and early 2015. Increased budgetary disclosure...
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