Economic performance and government size
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Resumo: | 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 institutional quality. Our results, consistent with the presented growth model, show a negative effect of the size of government on growth. Similarly, institutional quality has a positive impact on real growth, and government consumption is consistently detrimental to growth. Moreover, the negative effect of government size on growth is stronger the lower institutional quality, and the positive effect of institutional quality on growth increases with smaller governments. The negative effect on growth of the government size variables is more mitigated for Scandinavian legal origins, and stronger at lower levels of civil liberties and political rights. Finally, for the EU, better overall fiscal and expenditure rules improve growth. |
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Economic performance and government sizeGrowthInstitutionsFiscal RulesPooled Mean GroupCommon Correlated EffectsWe 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 institutional quality. Our results, consistent with the presented growth model, show a negative effect of the size of government on growth. Similarly, institutional quality has a positive impact on real growth, and government consumption is consistently detrimental to growth. Moreover, the negative effect of government size on growth is stronger the lower institutional quality, and the positive effect of institutional quality on growth increases with smaller governments. The negative effect on growth of the government size variables is more mitigated for Scandinavian legal origins, and stronger at lower levels of civil liberties and political rights. Finally, for the EU, better overall fiscal and expenditure rules improve growth.ISEG - Departamento de EconomiaRepositório da Universidade de LisboaAfonso, AntónioJalles, João Tovar2012-01-25T12:01:43Z20112011-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3780engAntónio Afonso e João Tovar Jalles. 2011. "Economic performance and government size". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - DE Working papers nº 21-2011/DE/UECE0874-4548info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:34:52Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/3780Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:51:34.766272Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Economic performance and government size |
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Economic performance and government size |
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Economic performance and government size Afonso, António Growth Institutions Fiscal Rules Pooled Mean Group Common Correlated Effects |
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Economic performance and government size |
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Economic performance and government size |
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Economic performance and government size |
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Economic performance and government size |
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Afonso, António |
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Afonso, António Jalles, João Tovar |
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Jalles, João Tovar |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Afonso, António Jalles, João Tovar |
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Growth Institutions Fiscal Rules Pooled Mean Group Common Correlated Effects |
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Growth Institutions Fiscal Rules Pooled Mean Group Common Correlated Effects |
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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 institutional quality. Our results, consistent with the presented growth model, show a negative effect of the size of government on growth. Similarly, institutional quality has a positive impact on real growth, and government consumption is consistently detrimental to growth. Moreover, the negative effect of government size on growth is stronger the lower institutional quality, and the positive effect of institutional quality on growth increases with smaller governments. The negative effect on growth of the government size variables is more mitigated for Scandinavian legal origins, and stronger at lower levels of civil liberties and political rights. Finally, for the EU, better overall fiscal and expenditure rules improve growth. |
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António Afonso e João Tovar Jalles. 2011. "Economic performance and government size". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - DE Working papers nº 21-2011/DE/UECE 0874-4548 |
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