2016
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4932.12307
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Does Government Size Affect Per‐Capita Income Growth? A Hierarchical Meta‐Regression Analysis

Abstract: Since the late 1970s, the received wisdom has been that government size (measured as the ratio of total government expenditure to gross domestic product (GDP) or government consumption to GDP) is detrimental to economic growth. We conduct a hierarchical meta‐regression analysis of 799 effect‐size estimates reported in 87 primary studies to verify if this assertion is supported by existing evidence. Our findings indicate that the conventional prior belief is supported by evidence mainly from developed countries… Show more

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“…In detail, ref. [17] induced the learning comprehensive affected relations among individuals, organizations, and society in the learning relative research fields. Originally, the individual learning concept was directly influenced to organization learning development; organization learning development was directly impacted by the entire learning tendency.…”
Section: Literature On Main Modern Conceptsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In detail, ref. [17] induced the learning comprehensive affected relations among individuals, organizations, and society in the learning relative research fields. Originally, the individual learning concept was directly influenced to organization learning development; organization learning development was directly impacted by the entire learning tendency.…”
Section: Literature On Main Modern Conceptsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The size of state is usually considered a determinant of economic growth. To test this argument, Churchill et al (2017) conducted a meta-regression analysis of 799 effect size estimates from 87 studies, looking for evidence to support the conventional wisdom of an association between government size and per-capita income growth. Their results do not support the negative association between government expenditure and per-capita real economic growth.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…However, when we look more closely at the literature, we find that a significant proportion of empirical studies employ government spending in general or at some of its subcomponents. In this context, quite many studies follow Barro's [1990] prediction and use government final consumption expenditure (as a percentage of GDP) as a particular proxy for the size of government (see Armey [1995], Scully [1998], Chao and Grubel [1998], Vedder and Gallaway [1998], Pevcin [2004], Facchini and Melki [2013], Churchill et al [2017], Asimakopoulos andKaravias [2016], El Husseiny [2019], among many others). This is not to say, of course, that there is a single measure of government size in the literature.…”
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“…[2010], Yamamura [2011], Forte and Magazzino [2016], and Churchill et al [2017] are examples. All of these studies use different proportions of government spending to measure the size of government, ranging from the ratio of total government spending to GDP to government investment or consumption spending, or a combination thereof.…”
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