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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主要作者: Ota, Rui
其他作者: Medina Cas, Stephanie
格式: 雜誌
語言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
叢編:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/039
在線閱讀:Full text available on IMF