The Effects of Reallocating General Revenue Assistance among the Australian States

The Effects of Reallocating General Revenue Assistance among the Australian States

The Australian government distributes about 4 per cent of GDP to the State governments in the form of general revenue assistance. The distribution formula, which favours the less populous States, is a source of resentment in Victoria and NSW. We use two general equilibrium models to analyze the regi...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Economic record 1993-12, Vol.69 (4), p.367-381
Hauptverfasser: DIXON, PETER B., MADDEN, JOHN R., PETER, MATTHEW W.
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Sprache:eng
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Australia
Criteria
Disability
Economic aid
Economic models
Economic policy
Efficiency
Equilibrium models
Expenditures
Fiscal transfer
Government spending
Revenue sharing
State budgets
Statistical analysis
Studies
Tax collections
Tax increases
Tax rates
Taxes
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Zusammenfassung:The Australian government distributes about 4 per cent of GDP to the State governments in the form of general revenue assistance. The distribution formula, which favours the less populous States, is a source of resentment in Victoria and NSW. We use two general equilibrium models to analyze the regional employment, output and efficiency effects of proposed changes in the formula
ISSN:0013-0249
1475-4932
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4932.1993.tb02118.x