Spending More and Getting Less: Recent Experiences with the Allocation and Control of Public Expenditure in the Netherlands

Th. A. J. Meys

Chapter 12 in The Grants Economy and Collective Consumption, 1982, pp 242-266 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In recent decades the size of the public sector, expressed as a percentage of national income, has increased sharply in virtually all developed countries. In terms of both volume and rate of growth the Netherlands has exemplified this trend to a particularly marked extent, as Figure 12.1 clearly demonstrates. Within the overall total of government expenditure, however, differences exist between the countries concerned: in the Netherlands’ case the growth in transfer payments has been especially rapid. The size of government spending on goods and services, expressed as a percentage of national income, has been almost stable since the beginning of the sixties.

Keywords: Policy Analysis; Public Expenditure; National Income; Allocation Decision; Transfer Payment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05377-3_12

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