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Expenditure reform in industralised countries : a case study approach Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Hauptmeier, Sebastian
Heipertz, Martin
Schuknecht, Ludger
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This study examines reforms of public expenditure in industrialised countries over the past two decades. We distinguish ambitious and timid reformers and analyse in detail reform experiences in eight case studies of ambitious reform episodes. We find that ambitious reform countries reduce spending on transfers, subsidies and public consumption while largely sparing education spending. Such expenditure retrenchment is also typically part of a comprehensive reform package that includes improvements in fiscal institutions as well as structural and other macroeconomic reforms. The study finds that ambitious expenditure retrenchment and reform coincides with large improvements in fiscal and economic growth indicators.
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Keywords: public expenditure expenditure reform economic growth deficit debt employment case studies fiscal institutions Other versions of this item:
Find related papers by JEL classification: H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt O57 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries
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