Openness, country size and the government:

This paper shows that smaller countries have larger public sectors as a share of GDP, and are also more open to trade. These empirical observations are consistent with recent theoretical models explaining country formation and break up.

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Main Authors: Alesina, Alberto 1957-2020 (Author), Wacziarg, Romain (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. 1997
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 6024
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Summary:This paper shows that smaller countries have larger public sectors as a share of GDP, and are also more open to trade. These empirical observations are consistent with recent theoretical models explaining country formation and break up.
Physical Description:27 S.

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