Accounting for the Growth of Government

摘要: Why has government grown in so many countries during the 20th century? We present a simple model of political competition and show how different sources growth have effects on amount structure taxes, spending, regulatory programs undertaken by government. Those include: demographic shifts, more efficient shift “political power” from those taxed to subsidized, shifts power among groups, subsidized groups. also each source varies according public decision-making. Based variety empirical indicators regulation, we suggest that regulation over last 100 years, but less rapidly than tax revenues. Regulation grew slowly 1980's and, some measures, declined. long term budgetary trends are consistent with – especially elderly. The decline together its taxes is not any one theories growth.