Fiscal federalism and Fiscal Autonomy: Lessons for the UK from other Industrialised Countries



Table 1: The Functional Distribution of Public Expenditure by Level of Government

General
Public
Services

Defence

Public

Order and
Safety

Education

Health

Social
Security
and Welfare

Housing
and
Community
Amenities

Leisure

Economic
Affairs and
Services

Other

Federal
countries

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Australia

46

46

8

Т00

0

0

13

83

3

28

72

1

52

47

1

90

8

1

23

44

33

20

46

34

33

51

16

80

18

2

Canada

33

36

~21

lôô

-0

-0

34

33

33

~6

37

38

35

“3

39

37

36

34

34

39

34

35

31

35

31

Germany

38

34

~28

4ôô

-0

-0

-8

32

34

38

37

32

32

35

39

ЗТ

31

36

33

33

33

36

35

38

33

31

~6

USA

38

33

39

4ôô

0

0

39

37

34

“3

34

32

38

ЗТ

ЗТ

39

33

^3

33

~5

31

34

36

38

32

38

32

Switzerland

~41

37

ЛТ

^90

~5

~5

37

26

35

35

36

35

39

37

35

-8

35

34

31

33

32

35

33

2~2

35

36

35

Spain

~44

37

4ôô

~0

39

35

36

39

35

37

34

39

34

36

37

37

37

33

34

-9

Unitary
countries

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Central

State

Local

Denmark

72

-

28

Т00

-

0

87

-

13

53

-

47

5

-

95

45

-

55

67

-

33

45

-

55

65

-

35

97

-

3

France

34

-

35

4ôô

-

-0

32

-

38

33

-

37

38

-

ЗТ

-

-9

38

-

32

37

-

33

33

-

37

35

-

35

Norway

666

-

34

4ôô

-

-0

33

-

37

37

-

33

33

-

37

31

-

39

33

-

37

35

-

35

32

-

38

^^90

-

30

Netherlands

77Î

-

39

4ôô

-

-0

35

-

35

37

-

33

35

-

“3

36

-

34

31

-

39

32

-

33

34

-

36

35

-

35

Uk

38

-

32

4ôô

-

-0

38

-

32

33

-

37

4ôô

-

30

-

39

-

31

35

-

35

31

-

39

31

-

-9

Source: IMF Government Financial Statistics 2001 edition.



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