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What does Research and Development (R&D) mean for public economy? Is it a typical investment, a function of public service, or a kind of politico-economic gambling? Grounding on its "risky" economic character, we argue that, it is a "sui-generis" type of both economic and fiscal activity. Then, if so, the question is "where it should be displayed throughout the government budget? Due to the fact that, it is not a function of the state, R&D appropriations ought to be classified in "economic classification" of public budgets. This should be done for two ontological reasons: First, in a neo-liberal age, in which there is strong emphasis on the "minimal state", a R&D type of -so to speak- investment cannot be perceived as a normal state activity. Even if it is so, and second, since it is an economic endeavor, it should be classified under the economic classification, not in functional one. Furthermore, the society has the right to discern the share of outlays on R&D within total public spending. The best way of doing this is to annex a brief chart to the budget or to issue a separate budget or report on R&D expenditures of state agencies, unless it is possible to do all. ; What does Research and Development (R&D) mean for public economy? Is it a typical investment, a function of public service, or a kind of politico-economic gambling? Grounding on its "risky" economic character, we argue that, it is a "sui-generis" type of both economic and fiscal activity. Then, if so, the question is "where it should be displayed throughout the government budget? Due to the fact that, it is not a function of the state, R&D appropriations ought to be classified in "economic classification" of public budgets. This should be done for two ontological reasons: First, in a neo-liberal age, in which there is strong emphasis on the "minimal state", a R&D type of -so to speak- investment cannot be perceived as a normal state activity. Even if it is so, and second, since it is an economic endeavor, it should be classified under the economic classification, not in functional one. Furthermore, the society has the right to discern the share of outlays on R&D within total public spending. The best way of doing this is to annex a brief chart to the budget or to issue a separate budget or report on R&D expenditures of state agencies, unless it is possible to do all.

2006 yılında Türk mali yapısı, program temelli ve program sınıflandırma tipine sahip hibrid (Program Bütçe Sistemi ve Planlama-Programlama-Bütçeleme Sistemi arasında) bir bütçe ve sınıflandırma sisteminden, stratejik olarak planlanan, performans esaslı, analitik biçimde sınıflandırılan ve neoliberal praksis tarafından şekillendirilen Avrupa Hesaplar Sistemi (ESA) ile Devlet Finans İstatistiklerine (GFS) uygun olarak yapılandırılmış, çok yıllı bir sisteme geçmiştir. Yeni sınıflandırma sisteminin temel eksikliği, harcamacı kuruluşlarca gerçekleştirilen yatırım harcamalarının açık olarak görülememesidir. Neoliberal öğretinin "yatırımcı olmayan minimal devlet" yaklaşımına uygun olarak, "kamu yatırımı" düşüncesi, yeni sınıflandırma sisteminin kayıp halkası olmuştur. Çalışmada, bu eksikliğin giderilmesine yönelik olarak, üç alternatif teknik öneri ortaya konmuştur. ; In 2006, Turkish fiscal structure has changed its budgeting and budget classification system from a program based and accordingly classified hybrid one (between Program Budgeting and Planning-Programming-Budgeting systems) to a strategically planned, performance based and analytically classified multi-year budgeting system that was structured in line with European System of Accounts (ESA) and Government Finance Statistics (GFS) which have been shaped by neoliberal praxis. What's wrong with this new classification is that public investment expenditures cannot be clearly distinguished from other outlays. Pursuant to "non-investor minimal state" approach of the neoliberal thought, the idea of "public investment" is the missing point of new classification system. Here, I make three alternative technical recommendations to fix this draw-back.