PUBLIC SPENDING AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN TANZIA
Keywords:
PUBLIC SPENDING
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
TANZIA
Synopsis
It has been widely accepted by researchers that, no common conclusion exists as to whether increased public spending results to more economic growth. In particular though, some expenditure items may be productive white others are not depending on the specific time period or circumstances typical to a particular country case and how they are actually spent. This study is thus based on this assertion. The study sets out to examine and measure the magnitude of the empirical relationship between real public expenditure (bath in terms of the aggregate level and specîfic components) and economic growth.
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July 20, 1995
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