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The growth of the public sector : theories and international evidence / edited by Norman Gemmell (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, 1993Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 261 pages) : illustrationsISBN:- 9781035351350
- HJ7461
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Summary: 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 securityPPN: PPN: 1922106550Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE | ZDB-77-EEC | ZDB-77-ECE
Chapter 1: The Public Sector: Definition and Measurement Issues Norman Gemmell -- Part I: Public Sector Growth: Some Evidence Restricted access -- Chapter 2: Recent Trends in the Size and Growth of Government in OECD Countries Peter Saunders Restricted access -- Chapter 3: Recent Trends in the Size and Growth of Government in Developing Countries David Lim Part II: Theoretical Perspectives Restricted access -- Chapter 4: The Peacock-Wiseman Hypothesis Magnus Henrekson Restricted access -- Chapter 5: Public Expenditure and Political Process Alan Hamlin Restricted access -- Chapter 6: The Economics of Bureaucracy John G. Cullis and Philip R. Jones Restricted access -- Chapter 7: Wagner's Law and Musgrave's Hypotheses Norman Gemmell Restricted access -- Chapter 8: Modelling Public Expenditure Growth: An Integrated Approach Peter M. Jackson Restricted access -- Chapter 9: Government Consumption: Its Effects on Productivity, Growth and Investment Steve Dowrick Part III: Case Studies in Public Expenditure Growth Restricted access -- Chapter 10: Social Security Expenditure John Creedy Restricted access -- Chapter 11: Health Care Expenditure David K. Whynes Restricted access -- Chapter 12: Higher Education Expenditure Paul Ryan Restricted access -- Chapter 13: The Political Economy of Public Sector Growth in the United States Terry L. Anderson and Thomas Stratmann Restricted access -- Chapter 14: The Public Sector in Australia: A Quantitative Analysis Franz Hackl, Friedrich Schneider, and Glenn Withers -- Bibliography -- Index.
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