IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/ausecr/v18y1985i3p20-33.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Taxation and Policy Change: A Median Voter Model for Australia 1968–69 to 1981–82

Author

Listed:
  • Geoffrey Brennan

Abstract

This article constructs a median voter model of public expenditure levels, which includes as a central piece of the analysis the costs of expenditure increments to voters in various income groups. These marginal cost‐shares or ‘tax‐prices’ are derived from tax data for three separate periods over the larger period under discussion. The levels of spending predicted by the model are compared with the levels of spending that actually prevailed, as a means of checking the median voter model ‐ and in that sense, to investigate the plausibility of one line of reasoning that might be used to explain ‘continuity and change’ from 1968–69 to 1981–82.

Suggested Citation

  • Geoffrey Brennan, 1985. "Taxation and Policy Change: A Median Voter Model for Australia 1968–69 to 1981–82," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 18(3), pages 20-33, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ausecr:v:18:y:1985:i:3:p:20-33
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.1985.tb00285.x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8462.1985.tb00285.x
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/j.1467-8462.1985.tb00285.x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Neil A. Warren, 1979. "Australian Tax Incidence in 1975‐76: Some Preliminary Results," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 12(3), pages 19-30, October.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Xi Wei & Nie Yingqin & Cheng Xiran, 2019. "Indirect Tax Burden of Regional Residents: Study on Long Term MRIO Model," Journal of Systems Science and Information, De Gruyter, vol. 7(6), pages 568-583, December.
    2. Julie Smith, 1999. "Australian Gambling Taxation," CEPR Discussion Papers 402, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
    3. P.D. Groenewegen, 1983. "Rationalising Australian Taxation Revisited," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 83-08, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
    4. Collins, David J., 1988. "Fringe Benefits Taxation and the Rural Sector," Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 56(01), pages 145-145, April.
    5. Gavin A. Wood, 1999. "Home-owner Residential Property Taxes and their Burden on Net Personal Wealth: An Empirical Study for Australia," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 36(2), pages 239-254, February.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:ausecr:v:18:y:1985:i:3:p:20-33. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/mimelau.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.