Government Size and Intersectoral Income Fluctuation : An International Panel Analysis /

Using the between-sector variation in income as a new measure of economic uncertainty, this paper proposes simple models and supportive empirical evidence for the causal relations between economic uncertainty and government size in the open economy setting. Key empirical findings include: (1) a larg...

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Main Author: Kim, Daehaeng
Other Authors: Lee, Chul-In
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/093
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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