Public Spending and the Role of the State: History, Performance, Risk and Remedies

ISBN-13: 9781108496230 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 260 str.

Ludger Schuknecht

Opis

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

Recenzje

'This book could be a useful source of readings for a course on public finance, and provides well-summarised data on public expenditure for political economy and similar studies.' Mark Fabian, Economic Record

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. The Growth of Government: 1. The Growth of Government Expenditure Over the Past 150 Years; 2. The Composition of Expenditure; 3. Financing Government; Part II. Value for Money: 4. Government Performance and Efficiency; 5. Reforming Public Expenditure; 6. The Optimal Size of Government; Part III. Fiscal Risks: 7. Social Expenditure and the Risk of 'Social Dominance'; 8. Fiscal–Financial Risks 1: Interest Rate, Asset Markets and Real Economy Channels; 9. Fiscal–Financial Risks 2: Bank, Shadow Bank, Central Bank and International Channels; Part IV. Remedies: 10. Rules and Institutions; 11. Conclusions and Epilogue; Table of Data Sources; Bibliography; Index.