Economic performance and government size

We construct a growth model with an explicit government role, where more government resources reduce the optimal level of private consumption and of output per worker. In the empirical analysis, for a panel of 108 countries from 1970-2008, we use different proxies for government size and institution...

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Main Author: Afonso, António (author)
Other Authors: Jalles, João Tovar (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3860
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/3860