We use US county level data (3,058 observations) from 1970 to 1998 to explore the relationship between economic growth and the extent of government employment at three levels: federal, state and local. We find that increases in federal, state and local government employments are all negatively...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the poorest countries in the World. The construction sector will play an essential part to bring the country on the path of economic growth, and competition within the sector is crucial to achieve this goal. In this paper we analyze the effect of...

Angesichts seit längerer Zeit rückläufiger öffentlicher Investitionen in Deutschland wird vielfach eine deutliche Ausweitung staatlicher Infrastrukturinvestitionen gefordert, um vermeintliche oder tatsächliche Wachstumshemmnisse zu beseitigen. Vor diesem Hintergrund hat sich das ifo...