Colombier, Carsten (2015). GOVERNMENT SIZE AND GROWTH: A SURVEY AND INTERPRETATION OF THE EVIDENCE - A COMMENT. J. Econ. Surv., 29 (5). S. 887 - 896. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. ISSN 1467-6419
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In contrast to the commonly held view, Bergh and Henrekson (2011) conclude that a consensus has almost been reached on the thesis that government size is negatively correlated with economic growth in developed countries. They underpin this by claiming that the only study in the survey to deviate from this consensus view, i.e. Colombier (2009), was rebutted by Bergh and ohrn (2011). This comment shows that the claim by Bergh and Henrekson (2011) cannot be upheld because the analysis by Bergh and ohrn (2011) is based on a flawed dataset. The re-estimation of Colombier's (2009) regressions with time-fixed effect does not reject his main findings. Moreover, it is demonstrated that recent empirical evidence on the growth impact of government size in rich countries is not as unanimous as the survey by Bergh and Henrekson (2011) suggests. Thus, the claim that a consensus view has been reached is premature.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-386579 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/joes.12080 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | J. Econ. Surv. | ||||||||
| Volume: | 29 | ||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 887 - 896 | ||||||||
| Date: | 2015 | ||||||||
| Publisher: | WILEY-BLACKWELL | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | HOBOKEN | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1467-6419 | ||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||
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| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/38657 |
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