International Comparisons of Government Expenditure

Peter Heller and Alan Tait

No 1982/001, IMF Occasional Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Many studies on International tax compaisons have been undertaken since the early 1970s. While controversial, such studies have facilitated more subtle comparisons of a country's tax performance than would be afforded by focusing on its simple tax ratio.

Keywords: OP; government expenditure; country; vis-à-vis subsidy; IED goods; expenditure category; expenditure indices; comparison index; Capital spending; Personal income; Current spending; Middle East; Africa; North Africa; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44
Date: 1982-04-15
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