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The aim of this book is to explain the post-war growth of the public sector in a number of developed economies. The purpose is to see whether scientists familiar with their respective countries' institutional, political and economic framework, but still working as a group, can advance some comm...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Lybeck, Johan A., 1944- (Editor), Henrekson, M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 1990.
Series:Contributions to economic analysis ; 171.
Subjects:
Expenditures, Public.
Comparative government.
Dépenses publiques.
Comparative government
Expenditures, Public
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Explaining the Growth of Government; Copyright Page; INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES; Table of Contents; PART I: INTRODUCTION AND INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; Chapter 1. Editors' Introduction and Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Summaries of the Contributions; NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Explaining the Growth of Government: International Perspectives; 1. The Issue; 2. Seven Perspectives; 3. Evaluation; NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Comparing Government Growth Rates: The Non-Institutional vs. the Institutional Approach; 1. Introduction; 2. The Twelve Theories
  • 3. The Growth of Government: Non-Institutional Explanations4. The Growth of Government: Institutional and Country-Specific Explanations; NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Permanent Income, Rational Expectations and Government Consumption: A Multi-Country Study; 1. Introduction; 2. The Model; 3. Estimation Results for OECD Countries; 4. Conclusions; NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Public Expenditure Decision-Making: A Comparative Analysis; 1. Introduction; 2. Explanatory Modes; 3. Specifying and Testing One Approach to Explaining Government Resource Allocation Behaviour; 4. Conclusion; NOTES
  • NOTESREFERENCES; Chapter 8. The Expansion of the Public Sector in Denmark
  • A Post Festum?; Introduction; 1. The Long Perspective
  • Looking at Two Centuries; 2. Alternative Measures of the ""Burden"" of the Public Sector; 3. The Public Sector and the Labour Market; 4. The Role of the Public Sector in the Savings Balance; 5. Explaining the Expansion; 6. Conclusion: Is a New Equilibrium Possible and in Sight?; NOTES; REFERENCES; DATA SOURCES; Chapter 9. The Growth of Public Expenditure in Italy Since the Second World War; 1. Introduction; 2. Types of Redistributive Policies
  • 3. Some Distinctive Characteristics of the Italian Case4. A Model of Horizontal Redistribution; 5. The Test of the Model; 6. Conclusions; REFERENCES; DATA APPENDIX; Chapter 10. The Growth of Public Expenditure in France; 1. Introduction; 2. Trends in Public Spending in France (1961-1983); 3. Theoretical Foundations of the Estimated Equations; 4. Presentation of the Empirical Analysis; 5. Analysis of the Results; 6. Conclusion; NOTES; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; Chapter 11. The Growth of the Public Sector in Austria: An Exploratory Analysis; 1. Introduction