Public Investment in Transport: A Test of the Hicks-Kubisch Thesis for Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Because of the falling oil revenues throughout the 80's, Saudi Arabia, as most of the OPEC countries, was forced to introduce fiscal austerity programs. However, little is known about the criteria followed in setting expenditure priorities, particularly with reference to the transportation and communication sector. The paper deals with issues such as: how the Saudi Arabian authorities revised their allocations to the major budgetary categories following revenue developments during the fiscal year; the topic of supposed systematical unanticipated changes intervenes; the related issue of which categories gained or lost; and finally the possible insights as to the strategy followed by the government in setting budgetary priorities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA529062

Entities

People

  • Robert E. Looney

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Arabia
  • Business Administration
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Investments
  • National Security
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • Transport Ships
  • Transportation

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