The Economics Of Public Spending

Author : David Miles,Gareth Myles,Ian Preston
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0191593281

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The Economics of Public Spending by David Miles,Gareth Myles,Ian Preston Pdf

The Economics of Public Spending investigates the extent of government involvement in the economy, details its rational, and traces its historical record. The book unites articles previously published in Fiscal Studies, each one addressing a different area of expenditure and written by an economist specializing in that field. They describe both the data on public expenditure and the theory relevant to understanding the policy issues. A new introduction investigates the overall role of the public sector and discusses the general theory of public expenditure. In providing a detailed analysis of public expenditure, the book makes an important contribution to the economics literature. There are no other texts with this breadth of coverage or depth of analysis. Insights are provided into both the policy issues, cross-country comparisons of expenditure, and alternative approaches to economic analysis. The chapters apply the tools of orthodox public finance, public choice, modern public economics, and game theory to reach a range of policy proposals and conclusions. These demonstrate the range and potential of economic analysis when applied to these important issues.

Author : Ludger Schuknecht
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108496230

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Public Spending and the Role of the State by Ludger Schuknecht Pdf

Up-to-date, holistic and comprehensive discussion of public expenditure, its history, value for money, risks and remedies.

Author : Hassan Bougrine
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1782543384

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The Economics of Public Spending by Hassan Bougrine Pdf

This text argues that in many jurisdictions free market advocates have resorted to pubic sector downsizing and privatization as a means of alleviating problems of unemployment and slow economic growth, and that, as a consequence, the strategy of reducing public deficits, balancing budgets and achieving surpluses has become widely accepted as the only road to prosperity.

Author : Alan S. Blinder
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Distri
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Economics of Public Finance by Alan S. Blinder Pdf

Monograph on public finance in the USA - includes essays on (1) analytical foundations of fiscal policy, (2) the incidence and economic implications of taxation, (3) public expenditure budgeting, and (4) state-local finance and intergovernmental fiscal relations. Graphs and references.

Author : Vito Tanzi,Ludger Schuknecht
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000-06-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521664101

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Public Spending in the 20th Century by Vito Tanzi,Ludger Schuknecht Pdf

After a detailed account of reform experiences in several countries and the public debate regarding government reform, the study closes with an outlook on the future role of the state, a period when globalization may require and people may want "leaner" but not "meaner" states."--Jacket.

Author : Jesse Burkhead,Jerry Miner
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780202368375

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Public Expenditure by Jesse Burkhead,Jerry Miner Pdf

In all highly industrialized countries public expenditures are a substantial and growing share of total economic activity. The authors integrate normative and positive theory and empirical analysis of public expenditure, concentrating on the optimal provision of public goods and the estimation of their costs and effects. This volume emphasizes the techniques that are available for reaching collective decisions about the provision of public goods and stresses the importance of income distribution and intergovernmental fiscal relations. In a mixed economy, where the public sector is growing faster than the private sector, the nature of public expenditures must be closely evaluated and studied. This book is designed to focus on and delineate controversies about public expenditure--to define what it is, analyze its function, show how it operates, and finally to evaluate research on this important subject. The book considers the theories of leading economists (Kenneth Arrow, Lionel Robbins, Carl Shoup, James Buchanan, Paul Samuelson, Richard Musgrave, and others) in arriving at a clear statement of theory in its application to operational problems. Appropriate attention is paid to current techniques such as program budgeting, cost-benefit analysis, and the analysis of the determinants of public expenditure. The book is unique in its emphasis on the integration and critique of contemporary theories of public expenditure, of distributional concerns, and of the political framework of public expenditure decisions. It provides a necessary resource for professional economists required to deal with public expenditure problems in research or practice. Jesse Burkhead is Maxwell Professor of Economics at Syracuse University. He has served on numerous professional and advisory boards. His books include Government Budgeting, State and Local Taxes for Public Education and Public School Finance: Economics and Politics. He is co-author of River Basin Administration and the Delaware, Decisions in Syracuse, and Inputs and Outputs in Large-City Education. Jerry Miner is Professor Emeritus of Economics and a CPR (Center for Policy Research) Senior Research Associate at Syracuse University. He has been a senior research economist for UNESCO in Paris, and an assistant study director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan. His current research includes the efficiency of local schools and the distribution of state aid to local schools. He is the author of numerous journal articles.

Author : Mr.Ke-young Chu,Mr.Richard Hemming
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1991-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1557752222

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Public Expenditure Handbook by Mr.Ke-young Chu,Mr.Richard Hemming Pdf

This handbook, edited by Ke-young Chu and Richard Hemming, offers guidance to officials formulating public policy recommendations, so that the aggregate level of public spending conforms with the economy's overall resource capacity. The handbook looks at the impact of public spending on the efficiency of resource use and explores the basis for distinguishing between productive and unproductive spending.

Author : Edward Nell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135156350

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Prosperity and Public Spending (Routledge Revivals) by Edward Nell Pdf

In a dramatic and well-argued challenge to the prevailing wisdom, Prosperity and Public Spending, first published in 1988, contends that the failure of Keynesian economics has been due to its timidity. Far from contracting, the government must expand its powers and activities, in order to achieve and maintain economic prosperity. The need for such expansion arises from the fact that the system has developed from a craft-based economy to a mass-production network with sophisticated international finance. This "transformational growth" brings about irreversible and sometimes devastating changes, requiring government action. Professor Nell argues that a lack of government action in the decade prior to the book’s initial publication was responsible for the stagnation of the economy and he asserts that this could only be overcome by a determined policy intervention and the political will to achieve dominance over private capital.

Author : Mark Gradstein
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781205145550

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The Political Economy of Public Spending on Education, Inequality, and Growth by Mark Gradstein Pdf

Public provision of education has often been perceived as universal and egalitarian, but in reality it is not. Political pressure typically results in incidence bias in favor of the rich. The author argues that the bias in political influence resulting from extreme income inequalities is particularly likely to generate an incidence bias, which we call social exclusion. This may then lead to a feedback mechanism whereby inequality in the incidence of public spending on education breeds higher income inequality, thus generating multiple equilibria: with social exclusion and high inequality; and with social inclusion and relatively low inequality. The author also shows that the latter equilibrium leads to higher long-run growth than the former. An extension of the basic model reveals that spillover effects among members of social groups differentiated by race or ethnicity may reinforce the support for social exclusion.

Author : Dominique Van de Walle,Kimberly Nead
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Public Spending and the Poor by Dominique Van de Walle,Kimberly Nead Pdf

The book offers a critical assessment of the state of current knowledge on the distributional impacts of public spending for developing and transition countries. It focuses on the distribution of benefits from spending categories that have traditionally been seen as pro-poor, including education and health expenditures, food subsidies, cash transfers, and public employment schemes.

Author : Mr.Paul Cashin
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1994-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451951479

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Government Spending, Taxes, and Economic Growth by Mr.Paul Cashin Pdf

This paper develops an endogenous growth model of the influence of public investment, public transfers, and distortionary taxation on the rate of economic growth. The growth-enhancing effects of investment in public capital and transfer payments are modeled, as is the growth-inhibiting influence of the levying of distortionary taxes which are used to fund such expenditure. The theoretical implications of the model are then tested with data from 23 developed countries between 1971 and 1988, and time series cross sectional results are obtained which support the proposed influence of the public finance variables on economic growth.

Author : Henry J. Bruton,Catharine Hill,Arup Banerji
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821336800

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The Evaluation of Public Expenditure in Africa by Henry J. Bruton,Catharine Hill,Arup Banerji Pdf

World Bank Technical Paper No. 335. Describes the World Bank's successful interventions in three international river basins--the Indus, the Mekong, and the Aral Sea--to foster riparian dialogue, cooperation, and agreements. The paper highlights the Bank's successes in these basins as model strategies to follow for avoiding the adverse impacts that riparian conflicts may have on economic development in other regions.

Author : Robert H. Haveman,Julius Margolis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015016122791

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Public Expenditures and Policy Analysis by Robert H. Haveman,Julius Margolis Pdf

Author : Jesse Burkhead,Jerry Miner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349013722

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Public Expenditure by Jesse Burkhead,Jerry Miner Pdf

Author : S.S. Stevens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351495752

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Public Expenditure by S.S. Stevens Pdf

In all highly industrialized countries public expenditures are a substantial and growing share of total economic activity. The authors integrate normative and positive theory and empirical analysis of public expenditure, concentrating on the optimal provision of public goods and the estimation of their costs and effects. This volume emphasizes the techniques that are available for reaching collective decisions about the provision of public goods and stresses the importance of income distribution and intergovernmental fiscal relations. In a mixed economy, where the public sector is growing faster than the private sector, the nature of public expenditures must be closely evaluated and studied. This book is designed to focus on and delineate controversies about public expenditure--to define what it is, analyze its function, show how it operates, and finally to evaluate research on this important subject.The book considers the theories of leading economists (Kenneth Arrow, Lionel Robbins, Carl Shoup, James Buchanan, Paul Samuelson, Richard Musgrave, and others) in arriving at a clear statement of theory in its application to operational problems. Appropriate attention is paid to current techniques such as program budgeting, cost-benefit analysis, and the analysis of the determinants of public expenditure. The book is unique in its emphasis on the integration and critique of contemporary theories of public expenditure, of distributional concerns, and of the political framework of public expenditure decisions. It provides a necessary resource for professional economists required to deal with public expenditure problems in research or practice.