This paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific … reduces the government's cost of implementing a policy and may also increase the set of feasible policies. Thus, state … capacity is greater when citizens trust their government. The paper discusses alternative approaches to modelling the origins …

is a positive link between government size and external risk as governments perform a risk mitigating role to insure … lower tax rates and lead to smaller government due to increased international factor mobility which undermines the ability … relationship between government size and terms-of-trade volatility by applying multivariate hidden cointegration analysis. Findings …

will be developed. In order to arrive at a set of final recommendations for the government, a model will be used to … statistical recommendations that can be taken to the government of Rhode Island in hopes of being considered for future …