Growth of Public Expenditure in the United Kingdom

Originally published in 1961, this book became widely used as a textbook, as an important source of primary data on British government expenditure statistics and as the point of departure for further empirical and analytical studies of the behaviour of governments.

List of contents

Introduction and Summary. 1. Scope and Method 2. Determinants of Government Expenditure 3. The Growth in Government Expenditure and National Income 4. War-Related and Defence Expenditures 5. Government Expenditure by Economic and Functional Categories 6. Central and Local Government Expenditures 7. The Nationalized Industries 8. Possible Future Trends in Government Expenditure Appendices.

Summary

Originally published in 1961, this book became widely used as a textbook, as an important source of primary data on British government expenditure statistics and as the point of departure for further empirical and analytical studies of the behaviour of governments.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Peacock, Alan Wiseman Peacock, Peacock Alan, Jack Wiseman, Wiseman Jack
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032822013
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3282201-3
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Forecasting, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Political Economy, Monetary Economics, Public finance, economic forecasting, Public finance and taxation