Essays on Government Growth: Political Institutions, Evolving Markets, and Technology
Author:   Joshua Hall ,  Bryan Khoo
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Volume:   40
ISBN:  

9783030550837


Pages:   165
Publication Date:   23 December 2021
Format:   Paperback
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This book contains eight papers focusing on factors associated with the growth of government. There is a large literature in public economics, especially public choice, on the determinants of the growth of government. The papers in this volume focus on a number of arguments related to why government has grown in many developed countries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chapters focus on taxation, trade openness, technology, income changes, and tax compliance. The volume features prominent scholars such as Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, Casey Mulligan, Gordon Tullock, Randall Holcombe, and Tyler Cowen. 

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Author:   Joshua Hall ,  Bryan Khoo
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Volume:   40
Weight:   0.279kg
ISBN:  

9783030550837


ISBN 10:   3030550834
Pages:   165
Publication Date:   23 December 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1. Accounting for the Growth of Government.- Chapter 2. The Size and Composition of Government Spending in Multi-Party Systems.- Chapter 3. High Tax Compliance Results in Smaller Government.- Chapter 4. Does Technology Drive The Growth of Government.- Chapter 5. A Congressional Theory of the Size of Government.- Chapter 6. Trade and the Size of Government Revisited.- Chapter 7. Government Growth.

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Joshua C. Hall is a professor of economics at West Virginia University (US) and Director of the Center for Free Enterprise within the College of Business and Economics. He earned his bachelor and master degrees in economics from Ohio University and his Ph.D. from West Virginia University in 2007.  Bryan Khoo is currently a graduate student at West Virginia University (US) in the Ph.D. program. He earned his bachelor degree in Economics from Gustavus Adolphus College in 2019.

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