This paper provides a summary of trends in government spending, revealing strong growth in government spending and the size of government, particularly over the past four years. It also discusses the distribution and sustainability of spending and notes the importance of high quality spending and flexibility in resource allocation in responding to future pressures
Australia is set for more than a decade of deficits between 2008 and 2019, but the reality may be ev...
Many governments around the world are currently experiencing financial stress. Due to changed econom...
This paper draws on the literature that explains why governments spend procyclically, to predict the...
In the extensive literature on the role of government in the economy scant attention has been paid t...
Unprecedented infrastructure spending by states and territories is largely responsible for a $106 bi...
The conduct of fiscal policy as part of overall macroeconomic management is essential to underpinnin...
Australian governments since the late 1970s have attempted to eliminate the fiscal deficit through r...
Contractionary budgetary policy is not the traditional government response to rising unemployment bu...
Time is running out for the government to reverse the profligacy of the last four budgets, argues ST...
We are constantly told that investment in infrastructure is impossible without finding a way to acce...
helpful comments on an earlier draft. The views expressed are those of the authors, and not necessar...
This article considers the extent to which the national government in three federal systems studied ...
Joe Hockey has unveiled the Abbott government\u27s first Budget, one designed to reduce government d...
This article examines the efficacy of fiscal policy in Australia, focusing on the relationship betwe...
This paper examines some of the stylised facts in relation to the growth of government in the Weste...
Australia is set for more than a decade of deficits between 2008 and 2019, but the reality may be ev...
Many governments around the world are currently experiencing financial stress. Due to changed econom...
This paper draws on the literature that explains why governments spend procyclically, to predict the...
In the extensive literature on the role of government in the economy scant attention has been paid t...
Unprecedented infrastructure spending by states and territories is largely responsible for a $106 bi...
The conduct of fiscal policy as part of overall macroeconomic management is essential to underpinnin...
Australian governments since the late 1970s have attempted to eliminate the fiscal deficit through r...
Contractionary budgetary policy is not the traditional government response to rising unemployment bu...
Time is running out for the government to reverse the profligacy of the last four budgets, argues ST...
We are constantly told that investment in infrastructure is impossible without finding a way to acce...
helpful comments on an earlier draft. The views expressed are those of the authors, and not necessar...
This article considers the extent to which the national government in three federal systems studied ...
Joe Hockey has unveiled the Abbott government\u27s first Budget, one designed to reduce government d...
This article examines the efficacy of fiscal policy in Australia, focusing on the relationship betwe...
This paper examines some of the stylised facts in relation to the growth of government in the Weste...
Australia is set for more than a decade of deficits between 2008 and 2019, but the reality may be ev...
Many governments around the world are currently experiencing financial stress. Due to changed econom...
This paper draws on the literature that explains why governments spend procyclically, to predict the...