Public Sector Investment and Britain's Post-War Economic Performance: a Case Study of Roads Policy

P. Scott

Working Papers from Portsmouth University - Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper examines the investment decision-making process behind the allocation of government expenditure in Britain during the period 1945-60, in the light of institutional theories of Britain's poor post-war economic performance, taking the example of road infrastructure investment.

Keywords: INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC EXPENDITURES; ROADS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H54 L91 L92 N74 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 1998
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