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The economics and empirics of the allocation of public consumption expenditures

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George TRIDIMAS ()
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The paper investigates the allocation of public consumption expenditures in the UK. After reviewing the empirical literature on the demand for public services, which is based on applied consumer analysis, it discusses the budgetary making process in the UK. It proceeds by estimating a system of demand equations for general government consumption expenditures in the UK during the period 1963-96. In addition to estimating the effects of relative prices, total expenditure and demographic variables, it finds that the constraints of homogeneity and symmetry cannot be rejected.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics University of Milan Italy in its series Departemental Working Papers with number 2006-02.

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Keywords: Allocation of public consumption expenditure Consumer demand systems UK General Government consumption expenditure.

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H0 - Public Economics - - General
H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
C3 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables

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