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What is the return to public expenditures?

In this video, Dr Alberto Asquer explains the return to public expenditures, and explores how governments assess and measure their economic benefits.

When a government or any public sector organisation spends public money there are various consequences.

Here, we examine just how governments assess whether a public expenditure is worth undertaking and look at how we measure the benefits obtained from public expenditures in economic terms.

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