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| Author: | Rodrik, D. |
| Title: | Why do more open economies have bigger governments? |
| Journal: | Journal of Political Economy
1998 : OCT, VOL. 106:5, p. 997-1032 |
| Index terms: | POLITICAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT ECONOMICS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | There exists a positive correlation between an economy's exposure to international trade and the size of its government. The correlation holds for most measures of government spending, in low as well as in high-income samples, and is robust to the inclusion of a wide range of controls. One explanation is that government spending plays a risk-reducing role in economies exposed to a significant amount of external risk. The paper provides a range of evidence consistent with this hypothesis. |
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