This work examines public expenditure, explaining the size and the structure of the system of public finance. Suitable for use as a course text, it can function

Up-to-date, holistic and comprehensive discussion of public expenditure, its history, value for money, risks and remedies.

Public expenditure policy, together with efforts to raise revenue,is at the core of efficient and equitable adjustment. Public expenditureproductivity has criti

This paper examines the empirical evidence on the contribution that government and, in particular, capital expenditure make to the growth performance of a sampl

Walter Eltis's work has played a major role in the rediscovery of the policy relevance of classical economics. His articles on Smith, Quesnay, Ricardo and Malth