Gouveia, Miguel; Masia, Neal A - In: Public Choice 97 (1998) 1-2, pp. 159-77
Despite an attempt by its own authors, it is difficult to argue that the influential model of the size of government developed by Meltzer and Richard (1981) has had convincing empirical backing. In this paper, the authors adapt that model to a model of state government size. The main testable...