, on average. The results provide new objective indicators of government efficiency across countries, based on a simple and … quality influence the quality of government …

This paper develops a simple theoretical framework to study a set of regions, each with its own regional government …, who share a union or central government. These governments must decide whether to implement or discard a large number of … are insensitive to externalities. The key observation here is that the union government is insensitive to local benefits …

This paper employs a new empirical approach for identifying the impact of government spending on the private sector … impact of government spending on private sector economic activity …

This paper examines the U.S. government's intramural research and development efforts over a 40-year period, drawing … together multiple human capital, government spending, and patent datasets. The U.S. Federal Government innovates along four … inputs to and outputs of government intramural technological innovation. We measure innovative effort and results by …

that are organizationally independent from state government discipline doctors more frequently. Public oversight and …