کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
968977 1479465 2012 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Does the size of the legislature affect the size of government? Evidence from two natural experiments
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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Does the size of the legislature affect the size of government? Evidence from two natural experiments
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper makes use of regression discontinuity designs to estimate the effect of the number of legislators on the size of government. The results indicate a negative effect, i.e., the larger the size of the legislature the smaller is the size of government. This runs counter to conventional wisdom. One potential explanation is that more legislators can better control a budget maximizing bureaucracy. I present evidence that is consistent with the proposed mechanism.


► Does legislature size affect government size?
► We use two regression-discontinuity approaches from Finland and Sweden.
► The empirical results suggest a negative relationship.
► This may be due to an agency problem between legislators and the bureaucracy.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Public Economics - Volume 96, Issues 3–4, April 2012, Pages 269–278
نویسندگان
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