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Current expenditure upswings in good times and public investment downswings in bad times? New evidence from developing countries

Journal of comparative economics (Print), 2021
Anecdotal evidence suggests that policymakers usually cannot resist the temptation of spending more on current expenditure (e.g., wages, transfers) in good times and mostly pick public investment to adjust during bad times.
Martín Ardanaz, A. Izquierdo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Income Elasticity of Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditure for Different Provider Types in Bangladesh.

International Journal of Health Planning and Management
The impact of income on health expenditure has been studied extensively using national-level data; however, studies estimating the household-level income elasticity of health expenditure, particularly by provider types, remain limited.
Ashraful Kibria, S. Shimul, I. Zabeen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public Expenditure and Sport Participation: An Examination of Direct, Spillover, and Substitution Effects

International Journal of Sport Finance, 2017
This study performs a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between various types of government spending and individual sport participation. By combining individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel with expenditure data of the federal ...
Sören Dallmeyer   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Political incentives and local connections: the impact of mayor characteristics on the provision of public goods

Journal of Chinese Governance
Different public goods have varying impacts on regional economic and social development. The leaders of prefecture-level cities have distinct investment preferences based on varied goals, and the characteristics of mayors significantly affect expenditure
Yu Teng, Chuanhao Tian
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Public Expenditure Competition in the Transport Sector: Intermodal and Spatial Considerations for Greece

open access: yes, 2011
The development of transport networks requires public investments, in terms of government expenditure, on several types of (road, rail, port, airport, and urban public transport) infrastructure, including their operational and maintenance services. This
T. Tsekeris
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Do Types of Public Services Matter? Evidence from the Expenditures of Direct versus Population-based Public Health Services in Georgia Counties [PDF]

open access: possible, 2011
The American state of Georgia has a decentralized public health system, with county health departments providing services in cooperation with 18 regionally organized public health districts. Drawing upon the policy typology literature, this paper examines differences in public health expenditures on direct versus population-based services.
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