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Contents

• Prefatory Note
• I. Introduction and Some Conclusions
• II. Conceptual Issues
• III. Determinants of Shares in Gross Domestic Product of Functional Expenditure Categories
  • Introduction
  • General Public Services
  • Defense
  • Education
  • Health
  • Social Security and Welfare
  • Health, Social Security, and Welfare Combined
  • Housing
  • Agriculture
  • Economic Services: Mining, Manufacturing, and Construction
  • Economic Services: Electricity, Natural Gas, Steam, and Water
  • Economic Services: Roads, Other Transport, and Communications
• IV. Determinants of Shares in Gross Domestic Product of Economic Expenditure Categories
  • Introduction
  • Goods and Services
    • Wages and Salaries
    • Goods and Services Other Than Wages
    • Total Goods and Services
  • Interest Payments
  • Subsidies and Other Current Transfers
  • Total Current Expenditure
  • Capital Assets
  • Capital Transfers
  • Total Capital
• V. Balance in Expenditure Composition
• Tables in Text
  • 1. International Expenditure Comparison Index, 1977: Functional Categories of Expenditure
  • 2. International Expenditure Comparison Index, 1977: Economic Categories of Expenditure
  • 3. Determinants of Functional Expenditure Categories as Share of Gross Domestic Product
  • 4. Ranking of Countries by International Expenditure Comparison Index, 1977: Functional Expenditure
  • 5. IEC Indices for Health and Social Security in Selected Countries Where Medical and Social Security Systems Partly Overlap
  • 6. Determinants of Economic Categories of Expenditure as Share of Gross Domestic Product
  • 7. Determinants of Economic Categories of Expenditure as Share of Gross Domestic Product Using Disaggregated Categories of Expenditure on Economic Services
  • 8. Ranking of Countries by International Expenditure Comparison Index, 1977: Economic Expenditure
  • 9. Measures of Balance in Composition of Public Expenditure on an Economic Basis
• Appendix Tables
• 10. Share of Functional Expenditures in Gross Domestic Product, 1977
• 11. Functional Expenditures as Percentage of Total Expenditure, 1977
• 12. Share of Economic Expenditures in Gross Domestic Product, 1977
• 13. Economic Expenditures as Percentage of Total Expenditure, 1977
• 14. Variables Used in Estimating Equations: 1977 or Latest Available Year
• 15. Variables Used in Estimating Expenditure Equations: 1977 or Latest Available Year

Prefatory Note

This study was prepared by Alan A. Tait, Deputy Director, Government Expenditure Analysis Division, Fiscal Affairs Department, and Peter S. Heller, Assistant Chief of the above Division.

The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Fund.