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Government Size and Output Volatility: Is There a Relationship?

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  • Viren, Matti

    (University of Turku, Turku, and Bank of Finland Helsinki)

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This paper provides some further tests for the proposition that bigger government leads to smaller output volatility. Both Gali and Fatas and Mihov have provided some evidence which appears to provide support to this proposition. The evidence is, however, based on relatively small sample of countries. In this study, we go beyond the OECD sample and focus on much larger World Bank data set with more than 150 countries. We also try to utilize some time series aspects of the data by using pooled cross-section time series data. Tests with different models and measures clearly point out that the original result is not very robust and the relationship between government size and output volatility is either nonexistent or quite weak at the best.

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  • Viren, Matti, 2004. "Government Size and Output Volatility: Is There a Relationship?," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 57(3), pages 349-362.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:ecoint:0132
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    Keywords

    Government size; fiscal policy; automatic stabilisers;
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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General

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