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Author: Ludger Schuknecht
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-11-12
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1108496237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUp-to-date, holistic and comprehensive discussion of public expenditure, its history, value for money, risks and remedies.
Author: Alan T. Peacock
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: 1993-11-01
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780751202564
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work examines public expenditure, explaining the size and the structure of the system of public finance. Suitable for use as a course text, it can function as a point of departure for empirical and analytical studies on the behaviour of governments.
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 1989-05-15
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13: 1451974159
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paper examines the empirical evidence on the contribution that government and, in particular, capital expenditure make to the growth performance of a sample of developing countries. Using the Denison growth accounting approach, this study finds that social expenditures may have a significant impact on growth in the short run, but infrastructure expenditures may have little influence. While current expenditures for directly productive purposes may exert a positive influence, capital expenditure in these sectors appears to exert a negative influence. Experiments with other explanatory variables confirm the importance of the growth of exports to the overall growth rate.
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2005-04-04
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 1557755418
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublic expenditure policy, together with efforts to raise revenue,is at the core of efficient and equitable adjustment. Public expenditureproductivity has critical implications for fiscal adjustment, particularly as the competition for limited public resources intensifies.By providing a framework for defining and analyzing public expenditureproductivity and unproductive expenditures, this pamphlet discusseshow economic policymakers may approach these issues.
Author: Nicholas Tsounis
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-06-07
Total Pages: 869
ISBN-13: 3319484540
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis proceedings volume aims to provide new research methods, theories and applications from various areas of applied economic research. Featuring papers from the 2016 International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE) organized by the University of Nicosia and the Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences, this volume presents cutting edge research from all areas of economic science that use applied econometrics as the method of analysis. It also features country specific studies with specific economic policy analyses and proposals. Applied economics is a rapidly growing field of economics that combines economic theory with econometrics to analyse economic problems of the real world usually with economic policy interest. ICOAE is an annual conference started in 2008 with the aim to bring together economists from different fields of applied economic research in order to share methods and ideas. The goal of the conference and the enclosed papers is to allow for an exchange of experiences with different applied econometric methods and to promote joint initiatives among well-established fields likemacro- and microeconomics, international economics, finance, agricultural economics, health economics, education economics, international trade theory and management and marketing strategies. Featuring global contributions, this book will be of interest to researchers, academics, professionals and policy makers in the field of applied economics and econometrics.
Author: Vito Tanzi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-06-05
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780521664103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter 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: Mr.Saad A. Alshahrani
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2014-01-13
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 1484349598
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paper empirically examines the effects of different types of government expenditures, on economic growth in Saudi Arabia. We use different econometric techniques to estimate the short- and long-run effects of these expenditures on growth and employ annual data over the period 1969-2010. Our findings indicate that while private domestic and public investments, as well as healthcare expenditure, stimulate growth in the long-run, openness to trade and spending in the housing sector can also boost short-run production. These findings draw some policy implications for Saudi policymakers on maximizing the returns of the government spending on economic growth.
Author: Salvatore Schiavo-Campo
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a comprehensive manual, based on a sound conceptual foundation but with a deliberate operational thrust, covering the entire public expenditure management cycle--from multiyear expenditure programming and budget formulation through budget execution, audit, and evaluation.
Author: Richard K. Vedder
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Santiago Herrera
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbstract: Given that public spending will have a positive impact on GDP if the benefits exceed the marginal cost of public funds, the present paper deals with measuring costs and benefits of public spending. The paper discusses one cost seldom considered in the literature and in policy debates, namely, the volatility derived from additional public spending. The paper identifies a relationship between public spending volatility and consumption volatility, which implies a direct welfare loss to society. This loss is substantial in developing countries, estimated at 8 percent of consumption. If welfare losses due to volatility are this sizeable, then measuring the benefits of public spending is critical. Gauging benefits based on macro aggregate data requires three caveats: a) considering of the impact of the funding (taxation) required for the additional public spending; b) differentiating between investment and capital formation; c) allowing for heterogeneous response of output to different types of capital and differences in network development. It is essential to go beyond country-specificity to project-level evaluation of the benefits and costs of public projects. From the micro viewpoint, the rate of return of a project must exceed the marginal cost of public funds, determined by tax levels and structure. Credible evaluations require microeconomic evidence and careful specification of counterfactuals. On this, the impact evaluation literature and methods play a critical role. From individual project evaluation, the analyst must contemplate the general equilibrium impacts. In general, the paper advocates for project evaluation as a central piece of any development platform. By increasing the efficiency of public spending, the government can permanently increase the rate of productivity growth and, hence, affect the growth rate of GDP.
