Occasional Papers

International Comparisons of Government Expenditure

ByPeter S. Heller, Alan A. Tait

April 15, 1982

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Peter S. Heller, and Alan A. Tait International Comparisons of Government Expenditure, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1982) accessed 12/24/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557750747.084

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Summary

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.

Subject: Capital spending, Current spending, Education, Education spending, Expenditure, National accounts, Personal income

Keywords: Africa, Capital spending, comparison index, country, Current spending, Europe, expenditure category, expenditure indices, government expenditure, IED goods, Middle East, North Africa, OP, Personal income, vis-à-vis subsidy