among European subnational governments. We use political variables describing the fiscal attitudes of the central government … is, large differences in revenue and spending assignments across the different levels of government. These findings imply …

emerging market economies to examine perceptions of government performance in managing the health and economic crisis, beliefs … non-teleworkable jobs systematically have less favorable perceptions of government responses. Personally experiencing … provide social safety nets for vulnerable individuals and firms by those who have a more favorable perception of government …

Central government wage expenditures accounted for 7 percent of GDP in 99 countries during 1980-90 (unweighted average … countries, and small low-income economies tend to have lower central government wage expenditures as a percent of GDP. Access to … foreign financing is not; the public and publicly guaranteed foreign financing is often provided for government capital …

Can a government reduce income inequality by changing the composition of public spending while keeping the total level …-term impact of health spending, and particularly education spending, helps to better capture the equalizing effects of these …

The legacy of non-performing loans and high opportunity cost of government financing of bank recapitalization impeded … array of factors, including the tightness of the government budget and the decision maker's concern for the favored sector …