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A Note on the Empirical Analysis of Wagner's Law

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  • Dollery, Brian

    (University of New England)

  • Singh, Sukhvinder

    (University of New England)

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This paper examines the empirical analysis of the two main hypotheses subsumed under Wagner's Law. Both "Wagner's Law Version One: Restructuring Society" and "Wagner's Law Version Two: Income-Elastic Demand" have received considerable attention in the literature, although the latter version somewhat more than the former. Empirical support for both variants of Wagner's Law is mixed, probably due to the imprecision with which they are formulated and the resulting scope for diversity in empirical methodology.

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  • Dollery, Brian & Singh, Sukhvinder, 1998. "A Note on the Empirical Analysis of Wagner's Law," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 245-257, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:28:y:1998:i:2:p:245-257
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    • H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General

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