Dataset title: Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation in Australia: Data and algorithm
DOI: 10.25917/t2yw-2893
 
  Principal Investigator Contact Information
         Name: Julian Inchauspe
         Email: julian.inchauspe@curtin.edu.au
		 Institution: Curtin University
		 ORCID: 0000-0002-2300-2223
 
 

Date of dataset collection: 2020
Date of dataset publication: September 2022
Keywords: Australia, state expenditure data

Primary dataset contact: Inchauspe, Julian; julian.inchauspe@curtin.edu.au
If necessary, further information or contact details may be found by emailing researchdata@curtin.edu.au

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DATA INFORMATION

Data description: 
This dataset was used in my paper "Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation under No Budget Allocation Rules and Free Factor Mobility: Can it Lead to Regional Convergence of Public Good Quality? An Empirical Assessment of the Case of Australia"
The data was sourced in its entirety from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website (https://www.abs.gov.au/).
It comprises expenditure data for Australian states, that were processed for the analytical purposes of the paper (converted to real per capita measures using the ABS Price Deflator and ABS population data) for the period 1990-2018, as further processing is clearly explained in the paper itself, and included in the files for transparency.


Data collection time details: 2020
Number of files & types: 39 XLSX files
Special software required to open files: Microsoft Excel

Geographic information (if relevant): The dataset includes data for all states of Australia.

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REUSE INFORMATION

Recommended citation: 
Inchauspe, J. (2022). Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation in Australia: Data and algorithm [Data set]. Curtin University. https://doi.org/10.25917/T2YW-2893

This dataset is provided under a CC BY 4.0 license. More details can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/