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The Size and Composition of Government Spending in Europe and Its Impact on Well-Being
Hessami, Zohal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper analyses whether large governments in Europe reflect efficient responses to a changing social and economic environment (‘welfare economic view’) as opposed to wasteful spending (‘public choice view’). To this end, the effect of government size on subjective well-being is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592928
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The impact of economic openness on the vertical structure of the public sector
Sciala', Antonio; Liberati, Paolo - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno", … - 2008
The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of economic openness on the vertical structure of the public sector within a country. To tackle this issue we set up a simple theoretical model of fiscal federalism, where both central and local public spending enter the objective functions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786723
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The influence of government size on economic growth and life satisfaction. A case study from Japan.
yamamura, eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper uses Japanese prefecture-level data for the years 1979 and 1996 to examine how the relationship between government size and life satisfaction changes. The major findings are: (1) Government size has a detrimental effect on life satisfaction when government size impedes economic growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789770
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The influence of government size on economic growth and life satisfaction. A case study from Japan.
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper uses Japanese prefecture-level data for the years 1979 and 1996 to examine how the relationship between government size and life satisfaction changes. The major findings are: (1) Government size has a detrimental effect on life satisfaction when government size impedes economic growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518093
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The influence of government size on economic growth and life satisfaction. A case study from Japan
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper uses Japanese prefecture-level data for the years 1979 and 1996 to examine how the relationship between government size and life satisfaction changes. The major findings are: (1) Government size has a detrimental effect on life satisfaction when government size impedes economic growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008549640
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Government size, democracy, and corruption: An empirical investigation
Kotera, Go; Okada, Keisuke; Samreth, Sovannroeun - In: Economic Modelling 29 (2012) 6, pp. 2340-2348
of the democracy in each country. Using annual data of 82 countries between 1995 and 2008, the estimation results … findings are robust. Furthermore, to address endogeneity problems, we conduct the instrumental variables estimation and the … system generalized method of moments estimation, the results of which also support our primary findings. These results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010588216
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The effects of information asymmetry and government size on happiness: A case study from Japan
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper uses individual-level data from Japan (2003) to examine the effects of government size and the disclosure of official government information on happiness. The major findings are as follows. (1) Disclosure of official information is positively associated with the happiness of workers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756506
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Trade openness, capital openness and government size
Liberati, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper provides empirical evidence of the relation between trade openness, capital openness and government expenditures in a cross sectional time-series context. It is shown that capital openness is significantly and negatively related to government expenditures in line with the conventional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109366
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A study on the relationship between corruption and government size: the role of democracy
Kotera, Go; Okada, Keisuke; Samreth, Sovannroeun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
role of democracy level in each country. Using annual data from 82 countries from 1995 to 2008, the estimation results … robust. Furthermore, to deal with endogeneity problems, we conduct an instrumental variable estimation, the results of which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642679
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Government size and unemployment:evidence from developing countries
Feldmann, Horst - In: Journal of Developing Areas 43 (2009) 1, pp. 315-330
robust to variations in specification and estimation method. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213226