Government for the People : On the Determinants of the Size of U.S. Government /

Trends in the size of U.S. government are examined. In the postwar period, general government primary spending rose by u percent of GDP a year through 1975, stabilizing thereafter. With higher social transfers offset by a lower burden of defense spending, expansion reflected a baby-boom driven rise...

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1. Verfasser: Bayoumi, Tamim
Weitere Verfasser: Goncalves, Fernando M.
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/289
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF