Big Government, High Debt, and Fiscal Adjustment in Small States /

Using a new fiscal dataset for small states, this paper analyzes the link between country size, government size, debt, and economic performance. It finds that on average small states have larger governments and higher public debt. Although there are intrinsic factors that explain why governments are...

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Autor Principal: Ota, Rui
Outros autores: Medina Cas, Stephanie
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/039
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF