Beschreibung:
This paper discusses the methodological problems in analyzing the determinants of government expenditure patterns, and the issues involved in making cross-country expenditure comparisons, and the problems confronting country economists in assessing a country's expenditure profile. The results indicate the changes in different expenditure indices over time. The paper also provides a detailed description of the equations used to estimate the different expenditure shares and comment on any changes in the underlying structural relationships over 1975-86.
This paper discusses the methodological problems in analyzing the determinants of government expenditure patterns, and the issues involved in making cross-country expenditure comparisons, and the problems confronting country economists in assessing a country's expenditure profile. The results indicate the changes in different expenditure indices over time. The paper also provides a detailed description of the equations used to estimate the different expenditure shares and comment on any changes in the underlying structural relationships over 1975-86.