The study examines the relationship between types of government and level of public spending. There are two competing perspectives about the consequences of coalition governments on the size of public expenditures. The most common argument is that government spending increases under coalition...

The notion of "starving the beast"' has been an important justification for fiscal programs emphasizing revenue reductions since the mid-1970s. While the idea of restraining government spending by limiting government revenues has an intuitive appeal, there is convincing evidence the reducing...

At the same time that the State of California faces crushing annual budget deficits, the Governor faces a mandate from the federal courts to significantly reduce prison overcrowding. California prisons were originally designed to hold fewer than 100,000 inmates. They are currently housing over...

The study investigates the effects of government Deficits spending (GDS) on the macro economy of Nigeria. The study covered the period of 1986 to 2011. Time series data for the period were gathered mainly from the CBN statistical Bulletin, 2010, 2011. One hypothesis as been proposed namely (Ho)...