's openness to trade is positively associated with public employment in low- and middle-income countries, but inversely related in … income, population, and openness to trade, and to compare the actual levels with the predicted ones. In general, public …

size, openness and economic growth. In fact, more trade openness increases government size, which lays stabilizer role … openness from other side, where as per capita expenditure on public goods is lower, and large markets enjoy more productivity … and less incentives for large market to increase openness than the small markets. Finally, economic growth and government …