Lybeck / Henrekson Explaining the Growth of Government

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9497-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 171, 406 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Contributions to Economic Analysis

The aim of this book is to explain the post-war growth of the public sector in a number of developed economies. The purpose is to see whether scientists familiar with their respective countries' institutional, political and economic framework, but still working as a group, can advance some common factors behind the growth of government.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lybeck, J. A.

Henrekson, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Explaining the Growth of Government;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES;6
6;PART I: INTRODUCTION AND INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;10
6.1;Chapter 1. Editors' Introduction and Summary;12
6.1.1;1. Introduction;12
6.1.2;2. Summaries of the Contributions;16
6.1.3;NOTES;26
6.1.4;REFERENCES;27
6.2;Chapter 2. Explaining the Growth of Government: International Perspectives;30
6.2.1;1. The Issue;30
6.2.2;2. Seven Perspectives;31
6.2.3;3. Evaluation;36
6.2.4;NOTES;36
6.2.5;REFERENCES;36
6.3;Chapter 3. Comparing Government Growth Rates: The Non-Institutional vs. the Institutional Approach;38
6.3.1;1. Introduction;38
6.3.2;2. The Twelve Theories;38
6.3.3;3. The Growth of Government: Non-Institutional Explanations;45
6.3.4;4. The Growth of Government: Institutional and Country-Specific Explanations;49
6.3.5;NOTES;54
6.3.6;REFERENCES;54
6.4;Chapter 4. Permanent Income, Rational Expectations and Government Consumption: A Multi-Country Study;58
6.4.1;1. Introduction;58
6.4.2;2. The Model;59
6.4.3;3. Estimation Results for OECD Countries;63
6.4.4;4. Conclusions;64
6.4.5;NOTES;66
6.4.6;REFERENCES;67
6.5;Chapter 5. Public Expenditure Decision-Making: A Comparative Analysis;68
6.5.1;1. Introduction;68
6.5.2;2. Explanatory Modes;69
6.5.3;3. Specifying and Testing One Approach to Explaining Government Resource Allocation Behaviour;75
6.5.4;4. Conclusion;92
6.5.5;NOTES;93
6.5.6;REFERENCES;94
7;PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES;100
7.1;Chapter 6. Swedish Government Growth: A Disequilibrium Analysis;102
7.1.1;1. Introduction;102
7.1.2;2. What are the Facts to be Explained?;106
7.1.3;3. Specification of the Model;111
7.1.4;4. Estimation Method;118
7.1.5;5. Independent variables;119
7.1.6;6. Results;128
7.1.7;7. Conclusion;133
7.1.8;APPENDIX;134
7.1.9;NOTES;135
7.1.10;REFERENCES;136
7.2;Chapter 7. Fiscal Behaviour and the Growth of Government in the Netherlands;142
7.2.1;1. Introduction;142
7.2.2;2. The Dutch Economy and the Government Sector: 1952-1985;143
7.2.3;3. The Model;146
7.2.4;4. Empirical Application to the Netherlands: 1952-1985;152
7.2.5;5. Discussion of the Results in the Light of Additional Information;160
7.2.6;6. Conclusion;162
7.2.7;NOTES;163
7.2.8;REFERENCES;164
7.3;Chapter 8. The Expansion of the Public Sector in Denmark – A Post Festum?;166
7.3.1;Introduction;166
7.3.2;1. The Long Perspective – Looking at Two Centuries;168
7.3.3;2. Alternative Measures of the "Burden" of the Public Sector;172
7.3.4;3. The Public Sector and the Labour Market;177
7.3.5;4. The Role of the Public Sector in the Savings Balance;179
7.3.6;5. Explaining the Expansion;182
7.3.7;6. Conclusion: Is a New Equilibrium Possible and in Sight?;189
7.3.8;NOTES;191
7.3.9;REFERENCES;194
7.3.10;DATA SOURCES;195
7.4;Chapter 9. The Growth of Public Expenditure in Italy Since the Second World War;196
7.4.1;1. Introduction;196
7.4.2;2. Types of Redistributive Policies;196
7.4.3;3. Some Distinctive Characteristics of the Italian Case;197
7.4.4;4. A Model of Horizontal Redistribution;201
7.4.5;5. The Test of the Model;204
7.4.6;6. Conclusions;207
7.4.7;REFERENCES;208
7.4.8;DATA APPENDIX;208
7.5;Chapter 10. The Growth of Public Expenditure in France;210
7.5.1;1. Introduction;210
7.5.2;2. Trends in Public Spending in France (1961-1983);212
7.5.3;3. Theoretical Foundations of the Estimated Equations;216
7.5.4;4. Presentation of the Empirical Analysis;225
7.5.5;5. Analysis of the Results;228
7.5.6;6. Conclusion;235
7.5.7;NOTES;236
7.5.8;APPENDIX;237
7.5.9;REFERENCES;238
7.6;Chapter 11. The Growth of the Public Sector in Austria: An Exploratory Analysis;240
7.6.1;1. Introduction;240
7.6.2;2. Facts and Figures: The Development of the Public Sector in Austria, 1870-1985;241
7.6.3;3. Theories and Tests: Some Reasons for Austrian Government Sector Growth, 1955-1985;248
7.6.4;4. Concluding Remarks;268
7.6.5;NOTES;269
7.6.6;REFERENCES;270
7.7;Chapter 12. The Growth of Public Spending in Norway 1865-1985;274
7.7.1;1. Introduction;274
7.7.2;2. Theoretical Approaches to the Growth of Public Spending;275
7.7.3;3. The Growth of Public Spending in Norway;286
7.7.4;4. Modelling the Growth of Public Spending;290
7.7.5;5. Conclusions;302
7.7.6;NOTES;303
7.7.7;REFERENCES;305
7.8;Chapter 13. The Growth of Public Expenditure in the United Kingdom, 1960–86;308
7.8.1;1. Public Expenditure in the UK: Definitions, Conceptions and Trends;308
7.8.2;2. Trends in Public Expenditure in the UK;310
7.8.3;3. The Determinants of Growth in Public Expenditures;317
7.8.4;4. Some Econometric Evidence;325
7.8.5;5. Organizational Explanations;327
7.8.6;6. Concluding Remarks;333
7.8.7;NOTE;334
7.8.8;REFERENCES;334
7.9;Chapter 14. Government Spending in Federal Systems: A Comparison Between Switzerland and Germany;336
7.9.1;1. Introduction;336
7.9.2;2. Former Approaches to Explain Government Spending;337
7.9.3;3. Public Spending in Switzerland and Germany;340
7.9.4;4. Public Spending in Switzerland and Germany: An "Econometric Description";346
7.9.5;5. Summary and Concluding Remarks;360
7.9.6;DATA APPENDIX;361
7.9.7;NOTES;363
7.9.8;REFERENCES;364
7.10;Chapter 15. The Finnish Public Sector: Its Growth and Changing Role in 1960-1984;366
7.10.1;1. Introduction;366
7.10.2;2. Finnish Public Sector in Comparative Perspective;367
7.10.3;3. On the Role and Identifiability of the Cognitive Factors;369
7.10.4;4. Turning-Points in Finnish National Economic Decision-Making and in the Growth of Public Expenditure;374
7.10.5;5. Turning-Points as Points of New Political Learning;379
7.10.6;6. Turning-Point s and Policy Learning;383
7.10.7;7. Political Learning, Policy Learning and Learning About Structures;386
7.10.8;8. Conclusions;394
7.10.9;NOTES;397
7.10.10;REFERENCES;397
8;Author Index;400
9;Subject Index;404
10;LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS;406