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This book contains eight papers focusing on factors associated with the growth of government. There is a large literature in public economics, especially public choice, on the determinants of the growth of government. The papers in this volume focus on a number of arguments related to why government has grown in many developed countries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chapters focus on taxation, trade openness, technology, income changes, and tax compliance. The volume features prominent scholars such as Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, Casey Mulligan, Gordon Tullock, Randall Holcombe, and Tyler Cowen.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Accounting for the Growth of Government.- Chapter 2. The Size and Composition of Government Spending in Multi-Party Systems.- Chapter 3. High Tax Compliance Results in Smaller Government.- Chapter 4. Does Technology Drive The Growth of Government.- Chapter 5. A Congressional Theory of the Size of Government.- Chapter 6. Trade and the Size of Government Revisited.- Chapter 7. Government Growth.
