The influence of the election period and fiscal constraints on the Croatian budget

Sa？etak The paper analyzes the determinates of the general government budget and the character of fiscal policy in Croatia, with special emphasis on the election period. In addition, the paper focuses on different factors that affect the size and structure of government revenues and expenditures, such as the European semester and political budget cycles. The main goal of the paper is to analyze potential Croatian budgetary policy during an election period under the Excessive Deficit and the Macroeconomic Imbalance procedures