This paper investigates the determinants of government size at the provincial level in China. We employ the panel data model as a platform for empirical analysis and control for endogeneity in the study. Our study shows that openness to trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) may curtail government expansion, and that the provincial-level public sector is characterized by economies of scale. This study also documents that Wagner’s law does not hold true for China. Moreover, both expenditure decentralization and revenue decentralization contribute to the expansion of China’s government
Theory suggests that a close match between revenue and expenditure assignments at sub-national level...
The purpose of the study is to identify various political, economic and demographic factors that wil...
textabstractTo address the problem why China, as a communist country, moves in the opposite directio...
This paper investigates the determinants of government size at the provincial level in China. We emp...
his paper investigates the determinants of government size at the provincial level in China. We empl...
This paper studies the factors associated with the size of the public sector as measured by governme...
This study is the first attempt to examine the determinants of expenditure decentralization at sub-p...
Both theoretical predictions of Keynesian view and a large body of empirical studies on developed co...
This paper investigates how government size affects tax evasion in China. Using matched county-firm ...
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In this paper, I study the relationship between government expenditure and GDP in China using modern...
This paper examines how the level of democracy in a country affects the relationship between fiscal ...
Abstract. To address the problem why China, as a communist country, moves in the opposite direction ...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between government size and openness for a 26-y...
Using panel data of 31 provinces during 1997-2014 in China, this paper fills the void of examining t...
Theory suggests that a close match between revenue and expenditure assignments at sub-national level...
The purpose of the study is to identify various political, economic and demographic factors that wil...
textabstractTo address the problem why China, as a communist country, moves in the opposite directio...
This paper investigates the determinants of government size at the provincial level in China. We emp...
his paper investigates the determinants of government size at the provincial level in China. We empl...
This paper studies the factors associated with the size of the public sector as measured by governme...
This study is the first attempt to examine the determinants of expenditure decentralization at sub-p...
Both theoretical predictions of Keynesian view and a large body of empirical studies on developed co...
This paper investigates how government size affects tax evasion in China. Using matched county-firm ...
This abstract will be reformatted upon submission. You don't need to format for line-breaks here!!!!...
In this paper, I study the relationship between government expenditure and GDP in China using modern...
This paper examines how the level of democracy in a country affects the relationship between fiscal ...
Abstract. To address the problem why China, as a communist country, moves in the opposite direction ...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between government size and openness for a 26-y...
Using panel data of 31 provinces during 1997-2014 in China, this paper fills the void of examining t...
Theory suggests that a close match between revenue and expenditure assignments at sub-national level...
The purpose of the study is to identify various political, economic and demographic factors that wil...
textabstractTo address the problem why China, as a communist country, moves in the opposite directio...