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Government spending: Government spending refers to the use of public funds for various purposes, including infrastructure, defense, healthcare, education, and social programs. See also Government policy, Government debt, Government budget, State, Infrastructure, Healthcare system, Education._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Economic Theories on Government Spending - Dictionary of Arguments
Mause I 276/277 Government Expenditure/Economic theories: Problems in determining optimal government spending arise in connection with public goods. Their value can hardly be determined, since there are an indefinite number of individuals who do not contribute to the costs (free rider problem). See Public Goods, especially Public Goods/Samuelson. For newer solutions Frey and Stutzer.(1) 1.Bruno S. Frey & Alois Stutzer. 2011. The use of happiness research for public policy. Social Choice and Welfare 38 (4): 659– 674._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Economic Theories Mause I Karsten Mause Christian Müller Klaus Schubert, Politik und Wirtschaft: Ein integratives Kompendium Wiesbaden 2018 |