Ole P Kristensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4377553 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ole P Kristensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ole P |
| FAMILY NAME | Kristensen |
| SIGNATURE | KRISTENSEN O P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Tax Structure and Public Spending ‐ Or How the Electorate Is Deceived into Paying for Bigger Public Spending than It Really Wants
It is a classical proposition that tax structure may influence public spending. Two such propositions concerning the visibility and the elasticity of the tax system are tested. Visibility is not important while highly elastic tax systems are correlated with big public spending in times of economic boom. In times of economic decline and recession, high spending countries turn to deficit financing. In both cases big spenders seem to rely more upon …
On the Futility of the‘Demand Approach’to Public‐sector Growth
Public Versus Private Provision of Government Services: The Case of Danish Fire Protection Services
Voter Attitudes and Public Spending: Is There a Relationship
The median voter model of how public expenditures are determined is discussed, as are alternative models, which soft‐pedal the role of the electorate and elections in decision‐making on public spending. The median voter proposition is tested and rejected empirically. The empirical relationship between voter attitudes towards public spending and actual spending is then related to the alternative models of how public expenditures are decided upon. …
Norwegian Power: A Review of a Research Project
This review will deal with some of the publications of the Norwegian so-called 'Power Project', a very ambitious endeavour to map the actual distribution of power in Norway. The project is in all respects unique (which, hopefully, this review will show). To begin with, its background-and initiation were highly unusual
The Logic of Political‐bureaucratic Decision‐making as a Cause of Governmental Growth: Or Why Expansion of Public Programs is a “Private Good” and Their Restriction is a “Public Good
This article tries to demonstrate that the logic of the political‐bureaucratic decision‐making process is biased in favour of public expenditure growth. The argument comprises two elements. Firstly: the decisive spending decisions relate to particular programs, they do not relate to the overall level of spending. The total spending is determined by the sum of a large number of spending decisions. Secondly: these atomized spending decisions are ch…
Electoral Mobility and Social Change in Denmark
Danish politics in the 1970s is characterized by a remarkable increase in electoral fluidity. Increasing political mobility should be seen not as a product of passing and specific events, but as a product of basic societal change. The link between political mobility and some dimensions of social change is discussed theoretically and investigated empirically. The discussion focuses on the joint effects of socioeconomic change and political‐institu…
The Logic of Political‐bureaucratic Decision‐making as a Cause of Governmental Growth: Or Why Expansion of Public Programs is a “Private Good” and Their Restriction is a “Public Good
This article tries to demonstrate that the logic of the political‐bureaucratic decision‐making process is biased in favour of public expenditure growth. The argument comprises two elements. Firstly: the decisive spending decisions relate to particular programs, they do not relate to the overall level of spending. The total spending is determined by the sum of a large number of spending decisions. Secondly: these atomized spending decisions are ch…
Voter Attitudes and Public Spending: Is There a Relationship
The median voter model of how public expenditures are determined is discussed, as are alternative models, which soft‐pedal the role of the electorate and elections in decision‐making on public spending. The median voter proposition is tested and rejected empirically. The empirical relationship between voter attitudes towards public spending and actual spending is then related to the alternative models of how public expenditures are decided upon. …
Electoral Mobility and Social Change in Denmark
Danish politics in the 1970s is characterized by a remarkable increase in electoral fluidity. Increasing political mobility should be seen not as a product of passing and specific events, but as a product of basic societal change. The link between political mobility and some dimensions of social change is discussed theoretically and investigated empirically. The discussion focuses on the joint effects of socioeconomic change and political‐institu…
Tax Structure and Public Spending ‐ Or How the Electorate Is Deceived into Paying for Bigger Public Spending than It Really Wants
It is a classical proposition that tax structure may influence public spending. Two such propositions concerning the visibility and the elasticity of the tax system are tested. Visibility is not important while highly elastic tax systems are correlated with big public spending in times of economic boom. In times of economic decline and recession, high spending countries turn to deficit financing. In both cases big spenders seem to rely more upon …
On the Futility of the‘Demand Approach’to Public‐sector Growth
Electoral Mobility and Social Change in Denmark
Danish politics in the 1970s is characterized by a remarkable increase in electoral fluidity. Increasing political mobility should be seen not as a product of passing and specific events, but as a product of basic societal change. The link between political mobility and some dimensions of social change is discussed theoretically and investigated empirically. The discussion focuses on the joint effects of socioeconomic change and political‐institu…
The Logic of Political‐bureaucratic Decision‐making as a Cause of Governmental Growth: Or Why Expansion of Public Programs is a “Private Good” and Their Restriction is a “Public Good
This article tries to demonstrate that the logic of the political‐bureaucratic decision‐making process is biased in favour of public expenditure growth. The argument comprises two elements. Firstly: the decisive spending decisions relate to particular programs, they do not relate to the overall level of spending. The total spending is determined by the sum of a large number of spending decisions. Secondly: these atomized spending decisions are ch…
Norwegian Power: A Review of a Research Project
This review will deal with some of the publications of the Norwegian so-called 'Power Project', a very ambitious endeavour to map the actual distribution of power in Norway. The project is in all respects unique (which, hopefully, this review will show). To begin with, its background-and initiation were highly unusual
Voter Attitudes and Public Spending: Is There a Relationship
The median voter model of how public expenditures are determined is discussed, as are alternative models, which soft‐pedal the role of the electorate and elections in decision‐making on public spending. The median voter proposition is tested and rejected empirically. The empirical relationship between voter attitudes towards public spending and actual spending is then related to the alternative models of how public expenditures are decided upon. …
Public Versus Private Provision of Government Services: The Case of Danish Fire Protection Services
On the Futility of the‘Demand Approach’to Public‐sector Growth
Tax Structure and Public Spending ‐ Or How the Electorate Is Deceived into Paying for Bigger Public Spending than It Really Wants
It is a classical proposition that tax structure may influence public spending. Two such propositions concerning the visibility and the elasticity of the tax system are tested. Visibility is not important while highly elastic tax systems are correlated with big public spending in times of economic boom. In times of economic decline and recession, high spending countries turn to deficit financing. In both cases big spenders seem to rely more upon …
Political science (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (4 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 works) · Local Government Finance and Decentralization (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Public economics (3 works) · Public spending (3 works)