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Population Size and the Size of Government
Krieger, Tim - 2018
We examine the effect of population size on government size for a panel of 130 countries for the period between 1970 … and 2014. We show that previous analyses of the nexus between population size and government size were incorrectly …. Using a panel time-series approach that adequately models these issues, we find that population size has a positive long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915805
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Does Size Matter? The Productivity of Government : Expenditures and the Size of States: Evidence from India
Haasnoot, Cornelis - 2016
Some politicians argue for the splitting and combining of states to increase government productivity, but there is a dearth of empirical evidence on the optimal size of a state. Using data from Indian states, I test a model of the optimal size of the state. I find that size and preference...
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Government Size and Quality of Governance : Does State Size Matter?
Pevcin, Primož - 2021
Purpose: Small state studies has emerged as a discipline, and this discipline has been initially dominated mainly by the issues of vulnerability and a lack of capacities of small states, although these issues have been gradually replaced by the discussions on the potential opportunities of small...
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The Size of Government
Afonso, António - 2020
We discuss and provide an overview of the size and role of the government, notably in terms of what the government “should” do, how the government could spend and intervene in the economy, how much governments spend and what they spend their money on. This is done from a historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832828
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Economic Performance and Government Size
Afonso, António - 2011
We construct a growth model with an explicit government role, where more government resources reduce the optimal level of private consumption and of output per worker. In the empirical analysis, for a panel of 108 countries from 1970-2008, we use different proxies for government size and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119076
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Population size and the size of government
Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2019
We examine the effect of population size on government size for a panel of 130 countries for the period between 1970 … and 2014. We show that previous analyses of the nexus between population size and government size are incorrectly … time-series approach that adequately accounts for these issues, we find that population size has a positive long-run effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990048
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Population size and the size of government
Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2018
We examine the effect of population size on government size for a panel of 130 countries for the period between 1970 … and 2014. We show that previous analyses of the nexus between population size and government size were incorrectly …. Using a panel time-series approach that adequately models these issues, we find that population size has a positive long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011868249
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How 'Big' Should Government Be?
Afonso, António - 2019
We assess how “big” government should reasonably be in a number of advanced countries. First, we will link the recent findings of Data Envelope Analysis on efficient public expenditure with the question of the size of the government. Second, we report descriptive analysis of various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889560
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Heterogeneity, Fiscal Federalism, and the Size of Government
Sorens, Jason - 2014
What explains cross-national differences in the fiscal impact of government, including the size of the welfare state? Standard explanations center on citizen and government ideology and ethnic heterogeneity, with a smaller role for institutions such as majoritarianism, presidentialism, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014194004
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Openness and the Size of Government : The Case of External Risk, Country Size and Deindustrialization
The, Frederik - 2014
The role of government in the process of globalization has been discussed extensively in recent years. The two “rivaling” theories that best reflect conventional wisdom are the “efficiency” and the “compensation” hypothesis. With regard to the compensation hypothesis, I challenge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014142397