Preface Já

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Introduction Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman

Part I. Fiscal Policy and Institutions: 1. Politics of the labor market adjustment: the case of Russia Vladimir Gimpelson

2. Creating effective tax administrations: the experience of Russia and Georgia Vito Tanzi

3. Politics, institutions and macroeconomic adjustment: Hungarian fiscal policy-making in comparative perspective Stephan Haggard, Robert R. Kaufman and Matthew S. Shugart

4. Brothers-in-arms or rivals in politics? Top politicians and top policy-makers in the Hungarian transformation Bé

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Part II. The Welfare State: 5. Lessons from Sweden for post-socialist countries Assar Lindbeck

6. The borderline between the spheres of authority of the citizen and the state: recommendations for the Hungarian health reform Já

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7. Security through diversity: conditions for successful reform of the pension system in Poland Jerzy Hausner

8. The politics of pension and health care reforms in Hungary and Poland Joan M. Nelson.