1. Introduction: public goods, externalities

2. The principal-agent problems in the public sector

3. The state and local budget – their composition and the budgeting process

4. Public procurement – theory, efficiency, corruption risks, waste, and mechanism limiting their extent

5. Public procurement – the “law in action” at the competition offices and courts

6. European and state subsidies – the correction of market failures in theory and practice

7. Transparency of the public sector and its economic implications

8. Financing of political parties and its impacts on the allocation of public goods

9. Design of the tax system

10. Tax evasion, avoidance, and tax havens

11. Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) – theory, practice, and the institutional setting in the legislative process

12. RIA – case studies