Much has been written about the economic and political problems of countries that are in the process of changing from centrally planned systems to market systems. Most studies have focused on the economic, legal, political and sociological problems these economies have had to face during the transition period. However, not much has been written about the dramatic changes that have to be made to the accounting and financial system of a transition economy. This book was written to help fill that gap.

Many books have been published about various aspects of transition economies in the last decade and a half. However, most of them either have not addressed public finance at all, or have devoted only a chapter or two to the subject. This volume assembles a stellar group of experts to address the current issues in their fields. Topics include bureaucracy, corruption and tax compliance; public finance in developing economies; taxation in numerous countries and developing areas.

General Studies.- Bureaucracy, Corruption and Tax Compliance.- Enlarging the European Union: Taxation and Corruption in the New Member States.- No Taxation With or Without Representation: Completing the Revolutionary Break with Feudalist Practices.- Enhancing Efficiency of Government Budget and Fiscal Policy: Some Advice for Transition and Developing Economies.- Comparative Studies.- A Comparative Study of Indirect Taxes in Transition Economies and the European Union.- Tax Administration Costs in Transition Economies and the OECD: A Comparative Study.- A Comparative Study of Tax Misery and Tax Happiness in Transition Economies and the European Union.- Fiscal Freedom in Transition Economies and the OECD: A Comparative Study.- Trends in the Ethics of Tax Evasion: An Empirical Study of 10 Transition Economies.- Tax Evasion, Tax Misery and Ethics: Comparative Studies of Korea, Japan and China.- The Ethics of Tax Evasion: A Comparative Study of Bosnian and Romanian Opinion.- Tax Evasion and Ethics: A Comparative Study of the USA and Four Latin American Countries.- Tax Competition: Can Slovenia Learn Anything from Ireland?.- Country & Regional Studies.- A Survey of Argentina on the Ethics of Tax Evasion.- Taxation in the Republic of Armenia: An Overview and Discussion from the Perspectives of Law, Economics and Ethics.- Opinions on Tax Evasion in Armenia.- Opinions on Tax Evasion in Asia.- Monitoring of Tax Corruption in Transition Economies: Evidence from Bulgaria.- Taxation and Compliance of Small Business in Transition Economies: Lessons from Bulgaria.- Tax System Change: The Bulgarian Experience.- A Survey of Chinese Business and Economics Students on the Ethics of Tax Evasion.- Tax Reform Needs in China and the United States: Perhaps a Chance to Learn from Each Other.- The Croatian Tax System: From Consumption Based to Income-Based.- The Ethics of Tax Evasion: A Survey of Estonian Opinion.- The Ethics of Tax Evasion: A Survey of Guatemalan Opinion.- A Study of Tax Evasion Ethics in Kazakhstan.- Attitudes toward Tax Evasion in Mali.- Pension Reform in Romania: How Far Should It Go?.- Tax Reforms in Russia: The Introduction of the Unified Social Tax.- Taxation, Transition and the State: The Case of Russia.- The Ethics of Tax Evasion: A Survey of Slovak Opinion.- Taxation and Public Finance in the Slovak Republic.- Opinions on Tax Evasion in Thailand.- VAT in Ukraine: An Interim Report.- The Ethics of Tax Evasion: An Empirical Study of Business and Economics Student Opinion in Ukraine.- A Survey of Vietnamese Opinion on the Ethics of Tax Evasion.