Growth in the Real Size of Government Since 1970

Abstract

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Studying the role of political competition in the evolution of government size over long horizons

“… See Bird (1970),Kau and Rubin (1981),Borcherding (1985),Mueller (2003),Ferris and West (1996), andBorcherding et al (2004).9 We are indebted to Keith Acheson for pointing this out.10 Exports plus imports as a fraction of GNP vary from 0.30 to about 0.88 in the sample.11 Including LnPOP, or alternatively omitting LnPOP and LnAGRIC (which is also highly correlated with real income LnRYPC) results in a similar pattern of results as are presented inTable 3.…”

“…First, scale economies are not often found in studies of government growth, as noted by Borcherding et al (2004). Moreover, population in Canada is not clearly integrated of order one like the other economic factors.…”

Relation between Trade Openness, Capital Openness and Government Size in India

“…On the other hand, authors like Ferris and West (1996), Rodrik (1998a), Cusack (1997), Garrett andMitchell (1999, 2001), Figlio and Blonigen (2000), Grubert (2000), Ferris (2003), Borcherding et al (2004) and Liberati (2007) have found contrasting results in favour of efficiency hypothesis.…”

A distributional theory of government growth

“…While the government sector continues to grow in many economies, Borcherding et al (2004) observe falling government consumption over the last decades for the U.S. and some other highly developed European countries. A shrinking government (and in particular a shrinking welfare state) could be explained as a consequence of increasing fiscal policy competition between national authorities.…”