Government size and growth: Accounting for economic freedom and globalization

Public Choice

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 195-213

  Bergh, Andreas ^a   Karlsson, Martin ^b  

^a Stockholm School of Economics   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic freedom; Globalization; Government size; Growth; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949774452     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9484-1     Document Type: Article

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