Ahrens, Joachim; Schweickert, Rainer; Zenker, Juliane - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
We argue that the literature on government size suffers from neglecting the role of governance both as a driving and a … averaging data for the period 2003-07 reveals that better governance allows for higher spending. However, on the demand side …, more open countries are likely to spend more in cases of minor quality of governance only. In this respect, government …
