The Growth of Government and the Reform of the State in Industrial Countries /
This paper describes the growth of public spending in industrial countries over the past century. It identifies several periods: the periods between 1870 and 1913; the period between the two World Wars; the post World War II period up to 1960; and the period after 1960. Public spending started growi...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1995.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1995/130 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |