| Description |
x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Francis G. Castles -- Testing the retrenchment hypothesis : an aggregate overview / Francis G. Castles -- Data on the functions of government : where are we now? / Neil Fraser and Paul Norris -- The changing cost of government : trends in the state overhead budget / Richard Parry -- Sinking budgets and ballooning prices : recent developments connected to military spending / Thomas R. Cusack -- Expenditure on public order and safety / Paul Norris -- Testing the retrenchment hypothesis : educational spending, 1960-2002 / Manfred G. Schmidt -- The real race to the bottom : what happened to economic affairs expenditure after 1980? / Herbert Obinger and Reimut Zohlnhofer -- A mortgage on the future? : public debt expenditure and its determinants, 1980-2001 / Uwe Wagschal -- Moving beyond expenditure accounts : the changing contours of the regulatory state, 1980-2003 / Nico A. Siegel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Expenditures, Public.
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Government spending policy.
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Government spending policy -- OECD countries.
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| SUBJECT |
OECD countries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96005123 -- Appropriations and expenditures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007884
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| Author |
Castles, Francis G. (Francis Geoffrey), 1943-
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| LC no. |
2007001385 |
| ISBN |
9781845422974 hardback |
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184542297X hardback |
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