Alesina-Ardagna (2009) found that fiscal stimuli based upon tax cuts are more likely to
increase growth than those based upon spending increases. For a long time studies on …

Growth theory is an important part of modern macroeconomics. The analysis of growth has
long been based on the Solow (1956)” growth accounting” approach, also termed as …

The theme of public expenditure has been of great interest in the latest years. Focusing on
government size, role of government and the efficiency of the public sector becomes an …

Agell et al.(2005) criticise our earlier findings (Fölster and Henrekson 2001) of a robust
negative relationship between government size and economic growth for an extended …

We construct a growth model with an explicit government role, where more government
resources reduce the optimal level of private consumption and of output per worker. In the …

This paper investigates the relationship between the size of government and economic
growth in OECD countries in 1960? 2000. The underlying idea is that government …

This paper discusses the theoretical foundations for the existence of an optimal size of
government as depicted by an inverted U curve where the size of government is on the …

Based on the literature on economic growth, there is a non-linear relationship between
government size and economic growth, which is usually similar to an inverted U-shaped …

In this study the relationship between government expenditure and rate of economic growth
will be analyzed for Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria by using the data for the period 1995 …

Fölster and Henrekson (European Economic Review 45 (2001), 1501–1520) argue that “...
the more the econometric problems that are addressed, the more robust the relationship …