This paper investigates the relationship between the size of government and economic growth in OECD countries in 1960 …?2000. The underlying idea is that government expenditures on public goods basically have a positive effect on growth, but this … growth effect tends to decline or even reverse when government is overdoing, e.g. by increasing expenditures in such a way …

size of this political distortion. In this paper we study the determination of government debt and deficits in a dynamic …, a rent-seeking government over-saves and over-taxes along the equilibrium path relative to a benevolent government …

shadow economy. -- shadow economy ; tax morale ; governance quality ; government intervention ; corruption …

morale ; institutional quality ; government intervention ; corruption …

and a rent-seeking Leviathan government. Key insights are: (1) Effects on any generation alive when change takes place may …

political economics. The more fragmented a government, the higher its spending, deficits and debt. In this paper we investigate … constitutional rules for executive and legislation as well as budget rules shape the size of government and how the different rules … interact with fragmentation in determining government size. The empirical study of the role of fragmented governments for …