@techreport{Heitger2001Scope,
abstract = {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 expenditures on public goods basically have a positive effect on growth, but this growth effect tends to decline or even reverse when government is overdoing, e.g. by increasing expenditures in such a way that it ultimately also provides private goods. Empirical analyses based on panel estimates for 21 OECD countries support this hypothesis: Total government expenditures as well as expenditures by type indicate a significant negative impact on economic growth (excepting transfers and public investments).},
address = {Kiel},
author = {Bernhard Heitger},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {H1; H2; O4; 330; Government expenditure; taxation and economic growth; Staatsquote; \"{O}ffentliche Ausgaben; Wirtschaftswachstum; Sch\"{a}tzung; OECD-Staaten},
language = {eng},
number = {1034},
publisher = {Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)},
title = {The Scope of Government and its Impact on Economic Growth in OECD Countries},
type = {Kieler Arbeitspapiere},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/17733},
year = {2001}
}
