Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18791 
Kompletter Metadatensatz
Erscheint in der Sammlung:
DublinCore-FeldWertSprache
dc.contributor.authorAngelopoulos, Konstantinosen
dc.contributor.authorPhilippopoulos, Apostolisen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:52:54Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:52:54Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18791-
dc.description.abstractIt is known that anti-social redistributive activities (rent seeking, tax evasion, corruption,violation of property rights, delay of socially beneficial reforms, etc) hurt the macroeconomy.But it is less known what is the role of government size as a determinant of such activities.We use data from 64 counties (both developed and developing) in 5-year periods over 1980-2000. As a measure of anti-social activities, we use the ICRG index; as a measure ofgovernment size, we use the government share in GDP; and as a measure of governmentefficiency, we construct an index by following the methodology of Afonso, Schuknecht andTanzi (2003). Our regressions show that what really matters to social incentives is the relationbetween size and efficiency. Specifically, while a larger size of government is bad forincentives when one ignores efficiency, the results change drastically when governmentefficiency is also taken into account. Only when our measure of size exceeds our measure ofefficiency, larger public sectors are bad for incentives. By contrast, when efficiency exceedssize, larger public sectors are not bad; actually, in the case where efficiency is measured bygovernment performance in the policy areas of administration, stabilization and infrastructure,larger public sectors significantly improve incentives.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1427en
dc.subject.jelD7en
dc.subject.jelH11en
dc.subject.jelH3en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordgovernment and behaviour of agentsen
dc.subject.keywordcollective decision-makingen
dc.subject.stwStaatliche Einflussnahmeen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftliche Effizienzen
dc.subject.stwÖkonomischer Anreizen
dc.subject.stwStaatsquoteen
dc.subject.stwRent Seekingen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleThe role of government in anti-social redistributive activities-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn484748254en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
513.31 kB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.