Tax Politics in Eastern Europe: Globalization, Regional Integration, and the Democratic Compromise

Contents

Contents acknowledgments vii chapter 1 The Decline of Tax Politics in Eastern Europe 1 chapter 2 Creating a Capitalist Tax Structure after Communism 19 chapter 3 Ceding Control: European Integration and Consumption Taxes 42 chapter 4 The Race to the Bottom? Corporate Taxes and the Competition for Capital 60 chapter 5 Politics and Personal Income Taxes 84 chapter 6 Politics and Taxation in Russia: The Case of an Oil Economy 117 chapter 7 Globalization, Electoral Politics, and European Taxation 143 notes 157 bibliography 167 index 183 ...