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Explaining the Real Size of Government in Australia: An Application of the Ferris and West Model

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  • Dollery, Brian

    (University of New England, Armidale, NSW)

  • Singh, Sukvinder

    (University of New England, Armidale, NSW)

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Empirical evidence on theories purporting to explain the size and growth of government is inconclusive. However, a new empirical approach developed by Ferris and West (1996) using real rather than nominal data seems to be promising in the light of their U.S. results. In order to determine the generality of their model, it is applied to Australian data for the period 1960 to 1995. The results provide insights into the factors affecting government size in Australia. The Ferris and West approach does not provide an adequate explanation of the real growth of government in Australia.

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  • Dollery, Brian & Singh, Sukvinder, 2000. "Explaining the Real Size of Government in Australia: An Application of the Ferris and West Model," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 30(2), pages 157-173, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:30:y:2000:i:2:p:157-173
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    1. Laurie J. Bates & Rexford E. Santerre, 2015. "Does Baumol's Cost Disease Account for Nonfederal Public-Sector Cost Growth in the United States? A New Test of an Old Idea," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 96(1), pages 251-260, March.
    2. Stephen Kirchner, 2012. "Federal legislative activism in Australia: a new approach to testing Wagner’s law," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 153(3), pages 375-392, December.
    3. László Kónya & Bekzod Abdullaev, 2018. "An attempt to restore Wagner’s law of increasing state activity," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 55(4), pages 1569-1583, December.

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