This paper analyses the effects in terms of size and volatility of government revenue and spending on growth in OECD and EU countries. The results of the paper suggest that both variables are detrimental to growth. In particular, looking more closely at the effect of each component of government...

Causal association between trade openness and government size has gained interest of researchers and policy makers all around the world. These two crucial macroeconomic variables are of utmost importance when it comes to attainment of economic growth via the channel of globalization. This paper...

Explanations for the growth of the government that imply that it always grows are obviously destroyed by the early period histories. Something must have happened to change the way in which we respond to our governments or our governments respond to us. I have offered Bismarckism as a possible...