Definition: Government owns tradable shares in the public unit

Category: National accounts

If the government acquires tradable shares for its payment, which it could immediately sell for the price paid, then classification, as the acquisition of shares is correct.
Source:
Eurostat, "ESA 95 manual on government deficit and debt, 2002 Edition", Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2002, Chapter II.1
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