Openness, country size and government

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Alesina, A; Wacziarg, R
• 署名单位: Harvard University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00010-3
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 305-321
• 关键词: Openness; Government size; Country size

摘要

This paper shows that smaller countries have a larger share of public consumption in GDP, and are also more open to trade. These empirical observations are consistent with recent theoretical models explaining country formation and break up, and may account for the observed positive empirical relationship between trade openness and government size. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A.