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Government Spending Efficiency in Latin America
Afonso, António; Baquero Fraga, Gabriela - 2022
We assess the public spending efficiency of 20 Latin American countries over the period of 2000-2019, computing Data … Envelopment Analysis efficiency scores. For the Public Sector Performance composite indicator, we use the annual data of socio …
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Demanda por gasto público no Brasil no período pós-redemocratização: Testes da lei de Wagner e da hipótese de mill de ilusão fiscal
da Silva, Alexandre Manoe Angelo; Siqueira, Rozane Bezerra - 2013
This paper examines whether fiscal illusion can help to explain the behavior of federal government expenditures in Brazil during period 1990-2011. The analyses is based on a median voter model that admits that the degree of tax visibility may affect the individual's perception of his tax burden...
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Income distribution determinants and public spending efficiency
Afonso, António; Schuknecht, Ludger; Tanzi, Vito - 2008
economies. We also assess the efficiency of public spending in redistributing income by using a DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis …
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Public and private inputs in aggregate production and growth: a cross-country efficiency approach
Afonso, António; St. Aubyn, Miguel - 2010
frontier, TFP being the composite effect of efficiency scores and possibility frontier changes. We consider, for the periods …
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Public sector efficiency: evidence for new EU member states and emerging markets
Afonso, António; Schuknecht, Ludger; Tanzi, Vito - 2006
In this paper we analyse public sector efficiency in the new member states of the European Union compared to that in … emerging markets. After a conceptual discussion of expenditure efficiency measurement issues, we compute efficiency scores and … rankings by applying a range of measurement techniques. The study finds that expenditure efficiency across new EU member states …
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Triste Aussichten nach der Wahl: Haushaltskonsolidierung erfordert Ausgabenkürzungen und Steuererhöhungen
Bach, Stefan; Steiner, Viktor - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 37, pp. 624-633
Nach der Bundestagswahl schlägt die Stunde der finanzpolitischen Wahrheit. Wer auch immer die nächste Bundesregierung stellt: Der Kassensturz nach der Wahl wird zeigen, dass kaum noch finanzpolitischer Handlungsspielraum besteht. Die öffentlichen Haushalte haben sich im Zuge der Rezession...
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The limits of social democracy? Tax and spend under labour, 1974 - 79
Clark, Tom - 2001
In 1974 Britain elected a Labour government pledged to expand public spending significantly. Labour followed its programme for two years, but after that began to cut both government spending and taxation, anticipating the post-1979 Conservative agenda. This paper examines the history of this...
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Bargaining over a New Welfare State
Bonatti, Alessandro; Thomsson, Kaj - 2007
The goal of this paper is twofold: First, to develop an estimable model of legislative politics in the US Congress, second, to provide a greater understanding of the objectives behind the New Deal. In the theoretical model, the distribution of federal funds across regions of the country is the...
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Government and Growth
Zarin-Nejadan, Milad - 2011
The relative size of the State in industrialized economies has increased dramatically during the past century giving rise to legitimate fears that such a trend might end up having an adverse impact on growth. This paper explores the relationship between the development of government activities...
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The Impact of Government Size on Corruption: A Meta-Regression Analysis
Bonanno, Graziella; Errico, Lucia; Fiorino, Nadia; … - 2024
We perform a Meta-Regression Analysis (MRA) of the literature on government size and corruption, examining 450 empirical estimates retrieved from 44 primary papers published from 1998 to 2022. We find considerable heterogeneity in the results, mainly depending on whether the paper is published...
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