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Government Size and Growth: A Rejoinder

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Summary, in English

In our 2011 survey of the literature in the Journal of Economic Surveys on the effect of government size on economic growth in wealthy countries we find a relatively consistent pattern: An increase in government size by 10 percentage points is associated with a 0.5–1 percentage point lower annual growth rate. This conclusion is questioned by Colombier. In this rejoinder we present a rebuttal of Colombier's argument based on a detailed scrutiny of his own statistical evidence and regression results. Furthermore, we note that several new papers that have appeared since our original paper was published give support to our main conclusion.

Publishing year

2016

Language

English

Pages

393-393

Publication/Series

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volume

30

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Topic

  • Economics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0950-0804