Del 40 i serien Studies in Public Choice

Essays on Government Growth

Political Institutions, Evolving Markets, and Technology

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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This book contains eight papers focusing on factors associated with the growth of government. There is a large literature in public economics, especially public choice, on the determinants of the growth of government. The papers in this volume focus on a number of arguments related to why government has grown in many developed countries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chapters focus on taxation, trade openness, technology, income changes, and tax compliance. The volume features prominent scholars such as Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, Casey Mulligan, Gordon Tullock, Randall Holcombe, and Tyler Cowen.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-12-23
Mått155 x 235 x 10 mm
Vikt277 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Public Choice
Antal sidor165
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030550837

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Joshua C. Hall is a professor of economics at West Virginia University (US) and Director of the Center for Free Enterprise within the College of Business and Economics. He earned his bachelor and master degrees in economics from Ohio University and his Ph.D. from West Virginia University in 2007. Bryan Khoo is currently a graduate student at West Virginia University (US) in the Ph.D. program. He earned his bachelor degree in Economics from Gustavus Adolphus College in 2019.

Chapter 1. Accounting for the Growth of Government.- Chapter 2. The Size and Composition of Government Spending in Multi-Party Systems.- Chapter 3. High Tax Compliance Results in Smaller Government.- Chapter 4. Does Technology Drive The Growth of Government.- Chapter 5. A Congressional Theory of the Size of Government.- Chapter 6. Trade and the Size of Government Revisited.- Chapter 7. Government Growth.