All Outputs (3)

'Leaning against an open door' : ideology and the cyclicality of public expenditure (2014)
Journal Article
Abbott, A., & Jones, P. (2014). 'Leaning against an open door' : ideology and the cyclicality of public expenditure. Journal of policy modeling, 36(6), 957-969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2014.09.003

When is government expenditure likely to be procyclical? While economists tend to anticipate counter-cyclical expenditure, recent studies report procyclical expenditure. This paper explores the impact of political ideology on the cyclicality of gover... Read More about 'Leaning against an open door' : ideology and the cyclicality of public expenditure.

Pressures to increase public expenditure and patterns of procyclical expenditure (2014)
Journal Article
Abbott, A., & Jones, P. (2014). Pressures to increase public expenditure and patterns of procyclical expenditure. Economic issues, 19(2), 39-53

This paper draws on the literature that explains why governments spend procyclically, to predict the pattern of cyclical expenditure across government budgets. Procyclical expenditure increases at a faster rate than income in economic upturns and fal... Read More about Pressures to increase public expenditure and patterns of procyclical expenditure.

Is there a social norm to recycle? (2014)
Book Chapter
Abbott, A., Nandeibam, S. S., & O'Shea, L. (2014). Is there a social norm to recycle?. In T. C. Kinnaman, & K. Takeuchi (Eds.), Handbook on Waste Management (53-74). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing