Decomposition of the effect of government size on growth

Eiji Yamamura

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 112, issue 3, pages 230-232

Abstract: Government size having a negative effect on growth mainly through hampering capital accumulation is indicated from empirical results through a fixed effects regression model. The negative effect of government size on capital accumulation persists for non-OECD countries but not for OECD countries.

Keywords: Government; size; Efficiency; improvement; Capital; accumulation; Fixed; effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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