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Staal, Klaas - 2004

This paper studies the equilibrium size of countries. Individuals in smallcountries have greater influence over the nature of political decision mak-ing while individuals in large countries have the advantage of more publicgoods and lower tax rates. The model implies that (i) there exists...

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Country size and publicly provided goods

Staal, Klaas - 2006

This paper studies the equilibrium size of countries. Individuals in small countries have greater influence over the nature of political decision making while individuals in large countries have the advantage of more public goods and lower tax rates. The model implies that (i) there exists...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010383037

The impact of government size on corruption : a meta-regression analysis

Bonanno, Graziella; Errico, Lucia; Fiorino, Nadia; … - 2024

We perform a Meta-Regression Analysis (MRA) of the literature on government size and corruption, examining 450 …-sectional data. Moreover, the type of indicator used to measure corruption has a significant impact on the sign of the relationship … significant results, whereas we find a positive relationship between the countries' corruption index and the effect size. …

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Warming Up to Water Markets

Adler, Jonathan H. - 2014

Water policy experts contend that the United States is heading toward a water scarcity crisis in the coming years. Global climate change is likely to make water scarcity much worse in the long run. This article argues that demands of current and projected water management challenges can best be...

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The Role of Government and Trust in the Market Economy

König, Nadja; Schuknecht, Ludger - 2018

This paper studies the role of governments and its link to trust. We argue that the public’s trust strongly depends on governments delivering on their core tasks in a market economy. In some economies, a neglect of core tasks can be observed and there seems to be some erosion, notably in terms...

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Zur Anatomie der Staatsquote

Zimmermann, Klaus W.; Dluhosch, Barbara - 2007

Previous studies were plagued with considerable problems when interpreting and empirically analysing Wagner's Law. Therefore, we initially present some kind of "pure theory of government's share" for a two-person society based on the pure theory of public and private goods as originally...

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Some Second Thoughts on Wagner's Law

Dluhosch, Barbara; Zimmermann, Klaus W. - 2006

We examine whether the Samuelsonian definition of public goods can be reconciled with "Wagner's Law", that is, public expenditures outpacing economic growth. While both predominantly focus on the demand-side, they differ with respect to their socio-political foundations. Taking the latter into...

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Welfare Optimal Distribution of Olympic Success Considered as a Public Good

Groot, Loek F. M. - 2007

This study considers the performance of countries at the Olympic Games as a public good and investigates different welfare optimal distributions of Olympic success. Firstly, it is argued that, at the national level, Olympic success (measured as the number of gold medals won) meets the two key...

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Pareto Improving Interventions in a General Equilibrium Model with Private Provision of Public Goods

Villanacci, Antonio; Zenginobuz, Ünal - 2005

Most of the literature on government intervention in models where public goods are provided through voluntary contributions focuses on interventions that change the total level of a public good, which is known to be (almost always) underprovided relative to the "efficient" level. However,...

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On the Neutrality of Redistribution in a General Equilibrium Model with Public Goods

Villanacci, Antonio; Zenginobuz, Ünal - 2004

We analyze a general equilibrium model of a completely decentralized pure public good economy. Competitive firms using private goods as inputs produce the public good, which is privately provided by households. Previous studies on private provision of public goods typically use one private good,...

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