PPT Slide
Source: IMF Government Financial Statistics 2001
Notes: Figures relate to 2000 for Canada, Denmark and New Zealand; to 1999 for Australia, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA; to 1998 for Belgium, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Portugal, Norway, UK; and to 1997 for France and the Netherlands.
Source: Darby, Muscatelli and Roy (2002), Scottish Affairs, Figure 1