Optimal size of the government: the role of the elasticity of substitution
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Optimal policy; Public expenditure; Elasticity of substitution; O41; E21;JEL classification:
- O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
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