This paper tests several leading hypotheses on determinants of government expenditure.
The purpose is to avoid omitted variables bias by testing the prominent theories in a …

An examination of the short-and long-term relation between government spending and
output in 51 develo** countries reveals evidence consistent with cyclical ratcheting and …

The purpose of this paper is to present and assess the literature about the determinants of
public spending. Its originality is the adoption of a methodological perspective. Does …

The public expenditure/income hypothesis has long been debated in economics. Following
Keynes, public expenditure is seen as an exogenous factor to be used as a policy …

Wagner's 'law of increasing state activity'has recently been subjected to intensive use of
recondite econometric testing procedures. An examination of the relevant articles reveals …

This paper examines Wagner's Law of Public Expenditure, which emphasizes economic
growth as the fundamental determinant of public sector growth, using time series data drawn …

This paper analyses both the long and the short-run relation between government
expenditure and potential output in EU countries by means of pooled mean group estimation …

This article uses a dynamic model calibrated to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries' data to examine the nature of the relationship between government expenditure …

This paper tests Wagner's law of increasing state activity using panels of Chinese provinces.
The paper's main methodological contribution is in that we employ for the first time in the …

This paper carries out a critical reappraisal of the two contending theories purporting to
explain long-run government spending: Wagner's Law and different variants of the ratchet …