Zahvala recenzentima za razdoblje 1999-2007. (2008)
Ott, Katarina; Institut Zajavne Financije, Zagreb; Kott@ijf.hr
The Evolution of the Informal Economy and Tax Evasion in Croatia
This paper presents the results of research on the size and evolution of the informal economy and tax evasion in Croatia. It compares the results of two large-scale surveys of the informal economy...
Croatian Accession to the European Union: Economic and Legal Challenges
The studies presented in this book give the reader an insight into the situation and problems of different areas in Croatian society and their political approaches to the implementation of reform...
Comparision and harmonisation of the Croatian tax system with the tax systems in the European Union
Hrvoje Arbutina, Danijela Kulis, Mihaela Pitarevic, Katarina Ott
This paper analyses the EU tax system and its main components qua conditions for the accession of the Croatia to the European Union as well as the current degree of adjustment of Croatian taxation...
Croatian Accession to the European Union: Institutional Challenges
“Monitoring the Process of Croatia’s Accession to the EU” is the title of a project launched in 2002 by the office of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Zagreb in cooperation with the Institute of...
Croatian Accession to the European Union: Facing the Challenges of Negotiations
The topic of the third volume of the Croatian Accession to the European Union series is joining the Union and its requirements as a key to the transformation of society. From the experience of other...
The Unofficial Economy in Croatia : Causes, Size and Consequences
In all economies, there is a part which is not included in the official economy, in other words, economic activities not included in the official statistics. The size of the unofficial economy in the...
Tax Administration Reform in Transition: The Case of Croatia
The paper discusses the basic issues of modern public administration in general and tax administration in particular, trends in their development and reforms in tax administrations. The main weight...
The purpose of this paper is to analyze public investment or capital expenditures in the Republic of Croatia. The paper begins with an overview of public sector statistics regarding capital...
The Underground Economy in Croatia
This article is a succinct description of research into the underground economy (UE) in Croatia in the 1990 to 2000 period. The circumstances surrounding and the reasons for the origin of the UE are...
Making Public Finance Public: Subnational Budget Watch in Croatia, Macedonia, and Ukraine
This volume provides three fascinating case studies of subnational budgeting in Croatia, Macedonia, and Ukraine. These studies, together with a cross-country synthesis, will serve as a resource to...
Croatian accession to the European Union
This chapter aims to summarise and analyse the project that involves the work of a group of experts whose ambition it is to help those who make the political decisions, the media and interested...
Macroeconomic aspects of Croatia's accession to the European Union
Dubravko Mihaljek, Katarina Ott
This paper analyses the main macroeconomic conditions for joining the EU and the European Monetary Union (EMU), the readiness of the Croatian economy to meet these conditions, and the main challenges...
Banking and financial matters on Croatia's road to the European Union
The ability of a country to meet the criteria for financial convergence on the EU depends on four key factors: the behaviour and structure of the banks and non-banking financial service providers,...
State aid in the European Union and Croatia
Marina Kesner-Skreb, Mia Mikic, Katarina Ott
EU policy on the state aid granted by member countries to their national economies is based on a general presumption that state aid is incompatible with the running of the single market. The European...
The European Union as determinant of Croatian trade policy
Ana-Maria Boromisa, Mia Mikic, Katarina Ott
This paper identifies the degree to which the Republic of Croatia is prepared for EU integration in the area of trade and trade policy. According to a comparative analysis of the extent of...
Premises for the inclusion of agriculture in the process of Croatian accession to the European Union
Ramona Franic, Tito Žimbrek, Katarina Ott
The Republic of Croatia, in comparison with most other transitional countries, is late with its preparations for future accession to the EU. The causes of this kind of situation are objectively...
Energy in the European Union and in Croatia
Ana-Maria Boromisa, Katarina Ott
The objective of this work is to determine the extent of the conformity of the Croatian energy sector with the conditions for membership in the EU. According to a comparative analysis an...
Croatian accession to the European Union: the transformation of the legal system
Croatian membership in the EU is subject to the fulfilment of the legal and political obligations laid down in, among other places, the SAA, the Stability and Association Agreement. The...
The non-governmental sector and the government: a dialogue for Europe
This paper discusses the opportunities for and obstacles in the way of a dialogue between the Croatian government and the non-governmental sector within the context of the European integration...
Fiscal aspects of accession: can we anter the European Union with a budgetary deficit?
Judita Cuculic, Michael Faulend, Vedran Sosic, Katarina Ott
Although there is no common fiscal policy at the European Union (EU) level in Croatia, accession will entail important changes in budgetary revenue and expenditure. On the one hand, accession brings...
Poverty, inequality and social exclusion in the European Union and Croatia
Predrag Bejakovic, Katarina Ott
The issue of co-ordination in welfare policy in the European Union (EU) has been the subject of many analyses and discussions, but still it has not attained the same level of importance given to the...
The legal aspects of the protection of minorities in the process of stabilization and association
Snjezana Vasiljevic, Katarina Ott
Among the main conditions for joining the European Union (EU) is the protection of human rights, particularly the protection of minority rights. This paper will consider the protection of minority...
Higher education in Croatia and requirements of the European Union
The objective of this paper is to draw attention to the conditions that Croatia needs to meet in the area of higher education on the route towards European Union (EU) accession. Although higher...
Ivan Rimac, Aleksandar Štulhofer, Katarina Ott
This paper provides a comparative empirical analysis of social values in Croatia, the European Union (EU), the countries joining in the first round, and a group of European countries outside the EU....
What does an enlarged European Union mean for Croatia?
Ana-Maria Boromisa, Katarina Ott
Croatia missed the first wave of Eastern EU enlargementi, but it is likely to start accession negotiations in 2005. It is gradually aligning its legislation with the EU acquis pursuant to the Interim...
Dubravko Mihaljek, Katarina Ott
This paper investigates how one particular aspect of the freedom of movement of capital – the right of EU residents to acquire real estate in EU member states – might shape Croatia’s EU...
Budgetary Oversight and Accountability in Ukraine: The Case of General Secondary Education
This paper deals with issues of budgetary oversight and accountability in the field of secondary education. Based on the case of Ukraine, the paper analyzes the state of general budgetary oversight...
Employment and unemployment in the Republic of Croatia
Predrag Bejakovic, Viktor Gotovac, Katarina Ott
The labour market has the most important role in determining the standard of living of citizens of the Republic of Croatia, but this labour market is characterised more by the aim of preserving...
Equality between men and women: challengrs to Croatian legislation
Snjezana Vasiljevic, Katarina Ott
Reform of the Croatian legal system and the adjustment of its legislation to EU law is one of the main conditions for the Republic of Croatia to be able to join the Union. This paper analyses the...
Croatian accession to the European Union: institutional challenges
The objective of this chapter is to sum up the results of the monitoring of Croatia's accession to the European Union (EU). This is a project in which a number of authors have taken part, each of...
Challenges of macroeconomic stability: a speed limit on Croatia's accession to the european Union?
Dubravko Mihaljek, Katarina Ott
This paper analyses three issues that could potentially affect macroeconomic stability and hence the speed of Croatia’s accession to the European Union (EU): (i) Can the economy continue to rely on...
The rule of law and the judicial system: court delays as a barrierr to accession
An efficient system for the protection of civil and human rights is essential for the achievement of the ideals that are a precondition for joining the European Union (EU). This paper analyses the...
Governance and public administration in the context of Croatian accession to the European Union
This paper analyses the quality of governance and public administration as key determinants for successful functioning within the European Union (EU). A comparison between Croatia and future and...
The readiness of the public administration for European Union accession
Ana-Maria Boromisa, Katarina Ott
Institution building is crucial for successful integration into the European Union (EU). Through the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), Croatia bound itself to strengthen institutions at...
Consumer protection in the process of European Union enlargement: challenges for Croatia
This paper gives an overview of three important aspects of consumer protection in the process of adjustment to the standards and norms of the European Union (EU): aspects concerning legislation and...
Environmental protection: public participation and access to information
Awareness of the need for environmental protection must in Croatia be translated into a clear, overall and long-term concept, particularly because of the process of rapprochement with the European...
Croatia and the European Union: accession as transformation
This chapter summarizes the findings of the three year long project of monitoring Croatia’s preparations for EU accession, if and when it comes, performed by a group of Croatian researchers. The...
Trade integration and Croatian accession to the European Union
Vedran Sosic, Boris Vujcic, Katarina Ott
This paper assesses the trade criteria for EU membership and the extent to which Croatia fulfills those criteria. The relationship between trade criteria and the economic ability to pursue EU...
Freedom of movement of workers in the enlarged European Union and its effect on Croatia
This paper deals with the free movement of workers in the context of EU enlargement with specific focus on the transitional period. The purpose of the paper is to present two main challenges Croatia...
How prepared is Croatia for a knowledge-based society?
Predrag Bejakovic, Katarina Ott
Knowledge has become the key to economic competitiveness and success. An important part of an economy’s overall competitiveness – the ability to achieve success on markets – is labour-force...
Evaluation of Croatian innovation capability
Zoran Aralica, Katarina Bacic, Katarina Ott
In this paper we try to assess and evaluate Croatian innovation capability thorough the framework of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS), a system of innovation indicators. Economic theory...
Paul Stubbs, Sinisa Zrinscak, Katarina Ott
The paper discusses aspects of Croatian social policy, particularly social inclusion and social dialogue, in the context of Croatia’s status as a candidate country for accession to the EU. It...
Accession to the European Union and physical (spatial) planning in Croatia
Jasenka Kranjcevic, Katarina Ott
The increasingly rapid pace of social and economic development often brings different forms of land use (for residential, industrial or leisure and recreational purposes) into conflict. Since the...
How prepared is Croatia to access European Union regional policy funds? The case of Istria
Ines Kersan-Skabic, Katarina Ott
This paper analyses the characteristics of EU regional policy and emphasizes the component of regional policy towards the Central and East European countries (CEEC) in the phases of candidacy and...
Making Public Finance Public: Comparing Croatia, Macedonia, and Ukraine
This chapter is about making public finance public and it gives a comparative basis to the subnational budget watch project that took place in Croatia, Macedonia, and Ukraine. It is based on a grant...
Subnational Budget Watch in Croatia: Is Anybody There?
This paper is about the supervisory and monitoring role of the central government and general public over local government units in Croatia. The analysis presents the legal background and present...
Subnational Budget Monitoring in Macedonia: Case Studies of Municipalities of Štip and Gostivar
Zhidas Daskalovski, Katarina Ott
This paper tackles the question of subnational budgetary monitoring in Macedonia. It offers a general analysis of the decentralization reforms in the country with a particular attention to the...