The asset state: Comparing new models for financing public investment

该项目旨在调查将公共支出视为资产而非成本的政策模式。该项目预计将积累有关政府预算和提供资金方式的变化如何为公共投资创造新选择的知识。该项目对澳大利亚和英国高等教育、社会住房和可再生能源的会计改革和融资模式之间的关系进行了比较研究。预期成果包括在“资产状态”中构思新的财政权力空间，并为政策制定者开发指导预算选择的工具。这将通过确定公平和可持续的方式来支付关键服务和基础设施的费用，带来巨大的好处。

This project aims to investigate policy models that account for public spending as an asset rather than a cost. The project expects to build knowledge about how changes in the way governments budget for and deliver funding create new options for public investment. The project develops a comparative study of the relationship between accounting reforms and financing models for higher education, social housing and renewable energy in Australia and the UK. Expected outcomes include conceptualising new spaces of fiscal power in the 'asset state' and developing tools for policy makers to guide budgetary choices. This should provide significant benefits by identifying equitable and sustainable ways to pay for critical services and infrastructure.