A Noteon the Public Choice Approach to the Growth in Government Expenditure.

The paper applies an empirical model, based on the economic theory of public choice, to the Group of Seven countries. It is discovered: (a) that deficit financing does appear to contribute to increased real government spending; (b) that the demand for government services as a whole does not appear t...

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Ente Autore: International Monetary Fund
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1988.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1988/093
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF