Government expenditure

Definition

Examples of government expenditures

One category mentains thinghs like infrastructure, that means roads, airports, R&D etc. Those exampels improve the output. The other category includes things like education to achieve a better technology development. Glomm 1997 productive government expenditures and lon run growth page 201/202

Those two examples have a huge impact on the long run of a economy 201/202

Impact of Globalization on the composition of Government expenditures

Different kinds of government expenditures react differently to globalization. Through globalization, the governments got more pressure and decide to concentrate more on capital expenditures. As a result, it shows that using econometric analysis, there is no impact on the composition of government expenditures through globalization. Literature shows three possible explanations for this result. The efficiency and compensation effects could neutralize each other. Additionally, there could be indirect effects between the expenditure categories. The last reason the effects of globalization may not exist is because of overstating the topic. The impact of globalization on the composition of government expenditures: Evidence from panel data Axel Dreher · Jan-Egbert Sturm · Heinrich W. Ursprung

Government expenditures in Poland

If you compare developing and high-income economies, one of them is Poland, the bigger part of the government expenditure is used for subsidies and other ongoing transfers. The country with the highest amount of this expenditure is the Czech Republic, with approximately 74%. Followed by Poland with a percentage of about 70.

Military expenditures percentage of government expenditures: If you compare the years 1992 and 2001 there was a reduction of this percentage. 1992 the part was about 5.5% and reduced to 5.3% eight years later.

The world bank 2003 page 233