Studying the role of political competition in the evolution of government size over long horizons
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- J. Ferris & Soo-Bin Park & Stanley Winer, 2008. "Studying the role of political competition in the evolution of government size over long horizons," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 137(1), pages 369-401, October.
- Ferris, J.S. & Park, S. & Winer, S.L., 2007. "Studying the Role of Political Competition in the Evolution of Government Size Over Long Horizons," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 0774, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
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Keywords
political competition; conditional convergence; cointegration; public expenditure; size of government; politics versus economics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
- H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
- H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2008-06-21 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-HIS-2008-06-21 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-PBE-2008-06-21 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2008-06-21 (Positive Political Economics)
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