Government size and trust [PDF]
Review of Social Economy, 2011 This paper uses individual level data (the Japanese General Social Survey, 2001) to examine how government size influences generalized trust. After controlling for income inequality, population mobility, city size and various individual characteristics ...
Yamamura, Eiji
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Openness, country size and government [PDF]
Journal of Public Economics, 1998 Abstract This paper shows that smaller countries have a larger share of public consumption in GDP, and are also more open to trade. These empirical observations are consistent with recent theoretical models explaining country formation and break up, and may account for the observed positive empirical relationship between trade openness and government
Alberto Alesina, Romain Wacziarg
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Size Matters: Entrepreneurial Entry and Government [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 We explore the country-specific institutional characteristics likely to influence an individual's decision to become an entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of ...
Aidis, Ruta +2 more
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Immigration, Citizenship, and the Size of Government [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 This paper analyzes the political sustainability of the welfare state in an environment where immigration is the main demographic force and where governments are able to influence the size and skill composition of immigration flows.
Ortega, Francesc
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The size and composition of government expenditure [PDF]
Journal of Public Economics, 2007 Abstract This paper tests several leading hypotheses on determinants of government expenditure. The purpose is to avoid omitted variables bias by testing the prominent theories in a comprehensive specification, to identify persistent puzzles for the current set of theories, and to explore those puzzles in greater depth by looking at the composition ...
Cameron A Shelton
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Reflections on the optimal size of government [PDF]
, 2000 It is not always easy to see a common thread in Tullock's work: he is almost too fertile and throws off so many ideas in all directions that the connecting links between them threaten to disappear from view. Any simple summary of his 'system', therefore,
Monissen, Hans G.
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How Government Size Expansion Can Affect Green Innovation—An Empirical Analysis of Data on Cross-Country Green Patent Filings [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Jun Wen
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The Effect of Trade and Direct Investment Spillovers on the Economic Growth of OPEC Countries; A Spatial Panel Econometric Approach [PDF]
Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2021 The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of trade and foreign direct investment on economic growth of OPEC members using the convergence and gravitation model.
Abdol majeed Jalaee, Mahnaz Alibeygi
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The effect of fiscal decentralization on economic growth in sub-national governments of Ethiopia: A two-step system general methods of moments (GMM) approach [PDF]
Public and Municipal Finance, 2023 The study examines the impact of fiscal decentralization on Ethiopia’s Subnational (Regional) economic growth. The study followed a quantitative research procedure employing data from 2008 to 2021.
Million Adafre Bushashe +1 more
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Investigating the Effects of Government Size on Brain Drain in Developing Countries [PDF]
اقتصاد باثبات, 2022 Investigating the effects of government size on brain drain as an important factor in the process of development and growth of countries has a decisive role and various aspects and areas in developing countries have always been affected by this category.
Ali Moftakhari +3 more
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