Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7118
Title: Australian Federal Government Failure: The Rise and Fall of the Home Insulation Program
Contributor(s): Dollery, Brian E  (author); Hovey, Martin  (author)
Publication Date: 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2010.00079.x
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7118
Abstract: Controversy surrounded the recent ill-fated Commonwealth Government's Home Insulation Program (HIP) from the outset and continues after the HIP was abruptly halted. Public disquiet has been aroused not only by the death and injury which has resulted from the HIP, but also the perceived waste of public funds. Drawing on the Hawke Review (2010) of the HIP, this article examines the HIP through the analytical lenses of the government failure paradigm as well as the literature on decentralisation and economic efficiency. It is argued that the HIP represents a "case study" of how governments should not pursue public expenditure programmes.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Economic Papers, 29(3), p. 342-352
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 1759-3441
0812-0439
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 140213 Public Economics- Public Choice
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960799 Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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