Government Has No Business Being in Business: Evidence to the Contrary

Introduction to Business and Government∗

The nineteenth century witnessed the rise of both the large corporation and the modern bureaucratic state. By the end of the century, railroad corporations in the United States had attained the highest degree of organizational development that any country had yet experienced in order to operate on a transcontinental basis (Chandler 1977). Modern states, extending their reach into daily life, br...

Business cycles in Iran: Evidence from asymmetry and correlated shocks

In this Paper, business cycle asymmetry in Iran has been investigated using a nonlinear unobserved component model. In this regard, according to Kim and Nelsonchr('39')s (1999) interpretation of Friedman plucking model (1993), asymmetric transitory component has been modeled and simultaneously the possibility of a correlation between transitory and permanent shocks has also been considered. The...

Government - to - Business ( G 2 B ) Perspectives in E - Government

In the field of electronic government (e-government) the area of government-to-business (G2B) has received limited attention, compared to the much more researched area of government-to-citizen (G2C) [7] [11] [22]. This research explores the factors affecting the development of the G2B domain. Specifically we look at the primary modes of interaction that a business has with e-government, and exa...

Has the Business Cycle Changed? Evidence and Explanations

Over the past 30 years, economic activity has become less volatile in most G-7 countries. In the United States, for example, the standard deviation of the growth rate of GDP averaged over four quarters was one-third less during 1984 to 2002 than it was during 1960 to 1983. This decline in volatility is widespread across sectors within the United States and is also found in the other G-7 economi...

There's no business like flow business!