Research Article
Wagner's Law in Sri Lanka: An Econometric Analysis
Table 2
Public expenditure in selected components (% total expenditure).
| Period | DEF | EDU | HEL | AGR | TRC |
| 1980–1985 | 3.04 | 7.28 | 4.09 | 17.47 | 8.33 | 1986–1990 | 6.93 | 8.66 | 4.96 | 11.02 | 10.65 | 1991–1995 | 11.77 | 9.53 | 5.11 | 5.13 | 8.58 | 1996–2000 | 16.07 | 9.70 | 5.54 | 3.84 | 7.35 | 2001–2005 | 11.96 | 9.13 | 6.50 | 3.71 | 6.56 | 2006–2010 | 11.81 | 9.52 | 7.02 | 5.04 | 11.45 |
| Average | 10.26 | 8.97 | 5.54 | 7.70 | 8.82 |
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Source: [27]. DEF: defense, EDU: education, HEL: health, AGR: agriculture, and TRC: transport and communication.
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