Macroeconomic Policy and its Implications for SME Development: The Australian Experience

Greg Walker and Hazbo Skoko
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Greg Walker: Charles Sturt University, Faculty of Commerce, Bathurst, NSW, Australia

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, 2005, vol. 8, issue 1, 35-54

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between macro and small business support policy. Recent Australian experience is used as a case study for the exploration of possible causal links in this policy relationship. This may provide a basis for evaluating the appropriateness of current policy approaches evident in countries that are focused on promoting a neo-liberal economic environment characterised by budget surpluses, low inflation, low public debt and privatisation policies, which are regarded as supportive of SMEs and entrepreneurial activity. This paper provides a basis for reflecting on the broader trend within modern capitalist economies, as typified by the Australian experience, to stimulate individual initiative and entrepreneurialism as a solution to contemporary social and economic problems.

Keywords: macroeconomic policy; Australian government; SMEs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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