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Theorizing About the Growth of Government: A Research Assessment*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Patrick D. Larkey ,
Chandler Stolp  and
Mark Winer
Patrick D. Larkey
Affiliation:
Department of Social Science, Carnegie-Mellon University
Chandler Stolp
Affiliation:
Department of Social Science, Carnegie-Mellon University
Mark Winer
Affiliation:
Faculty of CommerceUniversity of British Columbia
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Abstract

This paper surveys literature from several disciplines on how and why governments grow. The empirical question as to whether, or to what degree, government has grown is critically entwined with the nature of the ‘dependent variable’ chosen (federal government expenditures as a proportion of GNP, total real public expenditures, number of government employees as a percentage of the workforce, etc.). Specific approaches to the study of government growth considered include those associated with: Wagner's ‘Law’, the ‘Displacement Effect Hypothesis’, formal models of political and economic behavior, behavioral views of organizational decision making, the ineffectiveness of the public sector in coping with economic decline, and Marxist views.

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Journal of Public Policy , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , May 1981 , pp. 157 - 220
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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