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| Title: | | Varieties of capitalism, governance and government spending: A cross-section analysis  |
| Authors: | | Ahrens, Joachim Schweickert, Rainer Zenker, Juliane |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Kiel Working Papers 1726 |
| Abstract: | | We argue that the literature on government size suffers from neglecting the role of governance both as a driving and a limiting factor for government spending. Cross-country evidence for a sample of 126 developed and developing countries averaging data for the period 2003-07 reveals that better governance allows for higher spending. However, on the demand side, more open countries are likely to spend more in cases of minor quality of governance only. In this respect, government spending compensates ineffective institutional structures. More generally, a preference for a coordinated (continental European type) market economy leads to higher levels of spending if accompanied by better governance. While most developing countries share these preferences, Latin American countries seem to prefer a lower level of spending as in liberal (anglo-saxon) market economies. |
| Subjects: | | Government Size Governance Varieties of Capitalism OECD Developing Countries |
| JEL: | | H10 P10 P51 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des IfW Economists Online Kieler Arbeitspapiere, IfW
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