Trade Openness, Capital Openness and Government Size
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Trade openness, capital openness and government size
This paper provides empirical evidence of the relation between trade openness, capital openness and government expenditures in a cross-sectional time-series context. It is shown that capital openness is significantly and negatively related to government expenditures in line with the conventional wisdom that capital mobility may undermine the ability of governments to maintain larger public sect...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Policy
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0143-814X,1469-7815
DOI: 10.1017/s0143814x07000670