GROWTH OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Theories and International Evidence

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

At a time when there is growing concern in many countries over the funding of expanding public sectors, this important new book brings together leading specialists in public finance to re-examine the economics of public sector growth. Several chapters document changes in the size of the public sector over recent decades for major OECD and Third World economies. Subsequent chapters then explore prominent explanations including public choice perspectives, bureaucracy models, relative price effects and Wagner's Law, and assess their contribution to current knowledge. The book also provides a number of new case studies of specific government activities - education, health and social security.

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Utgivningsdatum:1993-01-01
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781852785253

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Edited by Norman Gemmell, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

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'. . . provides a useful and readable overview of developments in this area . . .'

Innehållsförteckning

The public sector - definition and measurement issues, Norman Gemmell; recent trends in the size and growth of government in OECD countries, Peter Saunders; recent trends in the size and growth of government in developing countries, David Lim; the Peacock-Wiseman hypothesis, Magnus Henrekson; public expenditure and political progress, Alan Hamlin; the economics of bureaucracy, John G. Cullis and Philip R. Jones; Wagner's Law and Musgrave's Hypothesis, Norman Gemmell; modelling public expenditure growth - an integrated approach, Peter Jackson; government consumption - effects on productivity, growth and investment, Steve Dowrick; social security expenditure, John Creedy; health care expenditure, David K. Whynes; higher education expenditure, Paul Ryan; the political economy of public sector growth in the United States, Terry L. Anderson and Thomas Stratmann; the public sector in Australia - a quantitative analysis, Franz Hackl, Friedrich Schneider and Glenn Withers.