Dubravka Jurlina Alibegović, PhD

Dubravka Jurlina Alibegović, PhD
  • E-MAIL:
    djurlina@eizg.hr
  • JOB TITLE:
    senior research fellow in permanent position
  • POSITION:
    senior research fellow in permanent rank

Education

  • 2006 PhD at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
  • 1992 MA at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
  • 1986 university degree at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb 

Employment and work experience

  • 01/2022 - today - senior research fellow in permanent position at the Institute of Economics, Zagreb
  • 12/2016 - 01/2022 - senior research fellow at the Institute of Economics, Zagreb
  • 01/2016-10/2016 - minister of public administration, Government of the Republic of Croatia
  • 2013-2016 - director of the Institute of Economics, Zagreb
  • since 2002 - The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
  • 2000-2002 - Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia
  • 1987-2000 - The Institute of Economics, Zagreb

Fields of interest​

  • local and regional public finances
  • fiscal relations between different levels of government
  • local and regional development
  • fiscal decentralization

Selected bibliography

  • Mateljak, Željko & Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka (2023). Međuzavisnost rodne zastupljenosti i postignutih rezultata u tijelima državne uprave u Republici Hrvatskoj. Revija za socijalnu politiku, 30(2), 223-241. https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v30i2.1940
  • Stojčić, Nebojša, Pylak, Korneliusz & Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka (2022). The spatial impact of entrepreneurial zones: firm, city and inter-city evidence, Regional Studies, published online on April 4, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2046264
  • Hodžić, Sabina, Ravšelj, Dejan, & Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka. (2021). E-Government Effectiveness and Efficiency in EU-28 and COVID-19. Central European Public Administration Review19(1), 159-180. https://doi.org/10.17573/cepar.2021.1.07
  • Hodžić, Sabina, Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Bečić, Emira, 2020, Fiscal Performance of Local Government Units for Smart Regions and Smart Cities, in Drezgić, Saša, Žiković, Saša, Tomljanović, Marko, eds., "Smart Governments, Regions and Cities", pp. 291-302, Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, 2020, Proračuni lokalnih jedinica vlasti, in "Financije županija, gradova i općina", Bajo, Anto, Primorac, Marko, eds., Zagreb: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Ekonomski fakultet, pp. 41-88, ISBN 978-953-346-150-2.
  • Koprić, Ivan, Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Manojlović Toman, Romea, Čepo, Dario, Slijepčević, Sunčana, 2020, Local State-Society Relations in Croatia, in Teles, Filipe, Gendźwiłł, Adam, Stănuș Cristina, Heinelt, Hubert, eds., "Close Ties in European Local Governance: Linking Local State and Society",  pp. 73-89. Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance book series (PSSNG), Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44794-6
  • Hodžić, Sabina, Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Bečić, Emira, 2020, Fiscal Performance of Local Government Units for Smart Regions and Smart Cities, in Drezgić, Saša, Žiković, Saša, Tomljanović, Marko, eds., "Smart Governments, Regions and Cities", Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics, pp. 291-302.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Marošević, Katarina, 2020, Institutional Trust in the Case of Croatian Regions, Pravni vjesnik: Journal of Law and Social Sciences of the Faculty of Law Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 36(3-4), pp. 25-42. 
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Ivana Rašić Bakarić, Sunčana Slijepčević, 2019, Impact assessment of entrepreneurial zones on local economic outcome, Economic Research - Ekonomska istraživanja, 32(1), pp. 3112-3127.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Hodžić, Sabina, Bečić, Emira, 2019, The Level of Fiscal Autonomy: Evidence from Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 12(1), pp. 91-112.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, 2019. Transparentnost i upravljanje javnim financijama, in "Menadžment lokalne uprave, Priručnik", Markić Boban, Aleksandra, Fiesinger, Klaus, eds., Zagreb: Hans Seidel Stiftung i Zaklada hrvatskog državnog zavjeta, pp. 37-52.
  • Hodžic, Sabina, Jurlina Alibegovic, Dubravka, 2019, The Efficiency of Regional Government Expenditure in Smart Tourist Destination: The Case of Croatia, u Zadel, Zrinka, Smolčić Jurdana, Dora, eds., ToSEE - Tourism in Southern and Eastern Europe, Vol. 5, pp. 307-318, Opatija:  University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, doi: https://doi.org/10.20867/tosee.0535.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Slijepčević, Sunčana, 2018, Attitudes towards Citizen Participation in the Local Decision-Making Process: A Comparative Analysis, Društvena istraživanja: časopis za opća društvena pitanja, 27(1), pp. 155-175, https://doi.org/10.5559/di.27.1.08. 
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Hodžić, Sabina, Bečić, Emira, 2018, Limited Fiscal Autonomy of Croatian Large Cities, Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government, 16(1), pp. 107-128.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, 2018, Porezna autonomija gradova u Hrvatskoj u razdoblju 2002.-2016., Radni materijali EIZ-a, No.1 April 2018., pp. 5-36. ORCID icon orcid.org/0000-0002-0424-7583. 
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Slijepčević, Sunčana, 2016, County councillors: between revenue shortfalls and growing responsibilities, in Xavier Bertrana, Bjorn Egner and Hubert Heinelt, eds., Policy making at the second tier of local government in Europe. What is happening in provinces, counties, departements and landkreise in the on-going re-scaling of statehood?, pp. 54-74, London and New York: Routledge. Taylor & Francis Group. 
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Slijepčević, Sunčana, 2015, Assessment of drug-related public expenditures in Croatia, Društvena istraživanja: časopis za opća društvena pitanja, 24(2015), 1, pp. 1-20. 
  • Grubišić Šeba, Mihaela, Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Slijepčević, Sunčana, 2014, Combating fiscal constraints for PPP development, Managerial Finance, 40 (2014), 11, pp. 1112-1130. 
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, 2014, Uloga javno-privatnog partnerstva u ekonomskoj procjeni racionalnog korištenja resursa u zdravstvu, in Maja Vehovec, ed., O zdravstvu iz ekonomske perspektive, pp. 333-356, Zagreb: Ekonomski institut, Zagreb.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Slijepčević, Sunčana, Kordej-De Villa, Željka, 2014, Regional Development and Decentralization - Two Options to Overcome Lack of Funding, Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 43 E (2014), pp. 146-167. 
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Sunčana Slijepčević, Željka Kordej-De Villa, 2013, Can Local Governments in Croatia Cope with More Responsibilities, Lex Localis: Journal of Local Self-Government, 11(3), pp. 471-497.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Slijepčević, Sunčana, Šipić, Josip, 2013, The gender gap among local representatives: A potential for local development? in Egner, Björn; Sweeting, David i Klok, Pieter-Jan, eds., Local Councillors in Europe, pp. 181-202, Wiesbaden: Springer. Serie: Urban and Regional research Interantional, ISBN: 978-3-658-01856-6.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, 2013, "Less is More: Decentralization in Croatia and Its Impact on Regional Development", in W. Bartlett, S. Maleković i V. Monastiriotis, ed., Decentralization and Local Development in South East Europe, pp. 51-67, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. Series: Studies in Economic Transition, ISBN 978-0-230-35563-7. Available at: http://us.macmillan.com/decentralizationandlocaldevelopmentinsoutheasteurope/WilliamBartlett#toc.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Slijepčević, Sunčana, 2012, Decentralization in Croatia: Problems and Possible Solutions, EUGOV Working Paper, No. 33, 2012, pp. 35. Barcelona: The Institut Universitari d'Estudis Europeus - IUEE (University Institute of European Studies).
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, i Slijepčević, Sunčana, 2012, "Key Obstacles for Performance Measurement at the Sub-National Level in Croatia", Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava, 12 (4), pp. 1117-1157.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, 2010, "Javno-privatno partnerstvo u Hrvatskoj: Institucionalni okvir i primejri iz prakse", in Damjanović, D., Pavlović-Križanić T., i Peteri, G., ed., Partnerstvo javnog privatnog sektora. Dobra i loša iskustva u odabranim zemljama u tranziciji, pp. 47-63, Beograd: PALGO centar. ISBN 978-86-84865-06-1.  
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, 2010, "Innovative Municipal Development Financing. The Case of Three Croatian Cities", in Ramirez, Ligia, i Kebede, Gulelat, ed., Strategic Planning for Local Development. Case Studies from Small and Mid-Sized European Cities, pp. 167-188. Belgrade i Budapest: UN-HABITAT SIRP and Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, Open Society Institute. Available at: http://lgi.osi.hu/publications/2010/413/Strategic_planning_LGI_UNHabitat_English2.pdflgi.osi.hu/publications/2010/413/Strategic_planning_LGI_UNHabitat_English2.pdf
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, i Kordej-De Villa, Željka, 2009, "Lokalna dimenzija održivog razvoja", in Kordej-De Villa, Ž., Stubbs, P., i Sumpor, M., ed., Participativno upravljanje za održivi razvoj, pp. 47-63. Zagreb: Ekonomski institut, Zagreb.     
  • Bajo, A., i Jurlina Alibegović, D., 2008, Javne financije lokalnih jedinica vlasti. Zagreb: Školska knjiga, ISBN 978-953-0-30349-2.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka i Željka Kordej-De Villa, 2008, "The Role of Urban Indicators in City Management: a Proposal for Croatian Cities", Transition Studies Review, 15, pp. 63-80.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, D., 2007, "Fiskalna decentralizacija - instrument poticanja regionalnog razvitka", in Čičin-Šain, A., i V. Šonje, ed., Hrvatska na raskrižju. Izazovi dugoročnog razvitka u konkurentnom okružju. Zagreb: MATE d.o.o. i ZŠEM, Zagreb, pp. 391-431.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, D., 2007, "Tackling the Problem of Inadequate Financing for Local Development: The Case of Croatia", in Sylvain Giguere, ed., Local Innovations for Growth in Central and Eastern Europe. Paris: OECD, str. 257-276.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, D., 2007, "Strateško planiranje i programski proračun: put do razvojnih rezultata na lokalnoj i regionalnoj razini". Hrvatska javna uprava, 7 (2), pp. 395-421.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, D., 2007, "Resourcing the Tertiary Education System" in Ž. Dujić i P. Lučin,  ed., OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education. Country Background Report for Croatia. Zagreb: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, pp. 84-104, ISBN 978-953-6569-34-2.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, D., 2006, "Intergovernmental Finance and Fiscal Equalization in Croatia" in G. Peteri, ed., Fiscal Equalization in South Eastern Europe. Budapest: Fiscal Decentralization Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe. Available at: http://lgi.osi.hu/publications_datasheet.php?id=346.
  • Jurlina Alibegović, D. i Šišinački, J., 2004, "Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Decentralization Process in Croatia", Lex Localis. Revija za lokalno samoupravo (Journal of Local Self-Government), 2 (3), pp. 105-122.

List of publications (Croatian Scientific Bibliography - CROSBI)
 
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