trust in government. Corruption is often closely associated with other economic crimes such as tax evasion and money …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relation between the volatility of government consumption and country size … countries have more volatile non-discretionary and discretionary government consumption, and also a more volatile government … size; 2) the relation between government spending volatility and the size of a country is more negative for more volatile …

Model with endogenous government bond yields to assess the impact of different fiscal policy shocks on output, its … components and on government debt. The simulations suggest that fiscal policy is effective in supporting activity, especially in …

This pilot study presents indicators that assess sub-central government (SCG) spending power by policy area …. Traditional indicators – such as the share of SCG in total government spending – are often misleading as they underestimate the … impact of central government regulation on sub-central spending patterns. In order to gauge true spending power, a set of …

physical and – especially – human capital as a share of general government spending is significantly higher in more …

Model with endogenous government bond yields to assess the impact of different fiscal policy shocks on output, its … components and on government debt. The simulations suggest that fiscal policy is effective in supporting activity, especially in …

This pilot study presents indicators that assess sub-central government (SCG) spending power by policy area …. Traditional indicators – such as the share of SCG in total government spending – are often misleading as they underestimate the … impact of central government regulation on sub-central spending patterns. In order to gauge true spending power, a set of …