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Government Size, Trade Openness, and Output Volatility: A Case of fully Integrated Economies

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  • Eiji Fujii

    (Kwansei Gakuin University
    Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute)

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Government is often considered the safe sector of an open economy that provides households with insurance against external risk exposure. Among highly integrated economies, however, households should be able to exploit common financial markets to insure themselves. In this paper we examine the relationship between government size, trade openness, and output volatility across fully integrated economies using Japan’s regional income accounting and public finance data. The contributions of the government- and market-based insurances to inter-regional risk sharing are also estimated. The empirical results reveal some unique aspects of the state-market interactions under full economic integration with vertical fiscal imbalance.

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  • Eiji Fujii, 2017. "Government Size, Trade Openness, and Output Volatility: A Case of fully Integrated Economies," Open Economies Review, Springer, vol. 28(4), pages 661-684, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:openec:v:28:y:2017:i:4:d:10.1007_s11079-017-9433-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11079-017-9433-4
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    Government size; Output volatility; Risk-sharing; Trade openness; Vertical fiscal imbalance;
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    • H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
    • H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
    • F40 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - General

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