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Public and Private Spending: Some Australian Evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Mehdi S. Monadjemi
Mehdi S. Monadjemi*
Affiliation:
School of Economics, The University of New South Wales
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Abstract

This paper examines empirical relationships between government expenditure and private spending in Australia, to see whether government expenditure reduces, or crowds out, private expenditure or encourages it. Particular attention is paid to the effect on private investment expenditure and the possibility of a change occuring in the relationship between public and private is examined. Regression analysis found no significant evidence of crowding out. Public investment was found to compliment private investment in the period before 1974, but not in the period since then.

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Research Article
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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , June 1995 , pp. 41 - 51
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1995

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