Essays on Government Growth

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Essays on Government Growth

Political Institutions, Evolving Markets, and Technology

Central / national / federal government Political economy Civil service and public sector

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Collection: Studies in Public Choice

Language: English

Published by: Springer

Published on: 22nd December 2020

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 3 Mb

ISBN: 9783030550813


Overview

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.

Topics Covered

Chapters focus on taxation, trade openness, technology, income changes, and tax compliance.

Contributors

The volume features prominent scholars such as Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, Casey Mulligan, Gordon Tullock, Randall Holcombe, and Tyler Cowen.

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