TY - JOUR
T1 - Government spending: Is development assistance harmonised with other budgets?
AU - Abbott, Andrew
AU - Jones, Philip
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - This paper explores the way governments rely on budgets. Budgets are classified with reference to functions (e.g. defence, education, etc.), but expenditure from one budget (e.g. the overseas budget) can prove as effective as expenditure from another budget (e.g. the environment budget) when pursuing a specific policy goal. Are donor countries internalising spillovers by harmonising overseas aid spending with other budgetary expenditures? An empirical analysis of OECD countries (between 1990 and 2005) suggests that they rely systematically on a preferred portfolio of budgets.
AB - This paper explores the way governments rely on budgets. Budgets are classified with reference to functions (e.g. defence, education, etc.), but expenditure from one budget (e.g. the overseas budget) can prove as effective as expenditure from another budget (e.g. the environment budget) when pursuing a specific policy goal. Are donor countries internalising spillovers by harmonising overseas aid spending with other budgetary expenditures? An empirical analysis of OECD countries (between 1990 and 2005) suggests that they rely systematically on a preferred portfolio of budgets.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2012.05.017
U2 - 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2012.05.017
DO - 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2012.05.017
M3 - Article
SN - 0161-8938
VL - 34
SP - 921
EP - 931
JO - Journal of Policy Modeling
JF - Journal of Policy Modeling
IS - 6
ER -