Regional Spending: A Comment on MacKay

Peter Gripaios

Regional Studies, 2002, vol. 36, issue 6, 685-689

Abstract: MACKAY, 2001, recently examined the regional pattern of taxation and spending in the UK, concluding that, for four regions (London, the South East, Scotland and Northern Ireland), public expenditure was well above the level expected for their degree of prosperity. MACKAY, 2001, had a very approximate measure of the regional pattern of 'non-identifiable' government expenditure. A major component of the latter is defence spending and a more precise allocation of this suggests that London and the South East get very preferential treatment. Moreover, so does the South West which should be added to the list of well favoured regions. This raises important issues of spatial balance and efficiency.

Keywords: Government Spending By Region; Defence Spending; Spatial Balance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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