Does urbanization mean bigger governments?
| dc.contributor.author | Jetter, Michael | |
| dc.contributor.author | Parmeter, Christopher F | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Medellín de: Lat: 06 15 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 6.2500 decimal degrees Long: 075 36 00 W degrees minutes Long: -75.6000 decimal degrees | eng |
| dc.creator.email | mjetter@eafit.edu.co | spa |
| dc.creator.email | cparmeter@bus.miami.edu | spa |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-29T03:42:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-29T03:42:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-04-14 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper proposes urbanization as a determinant of government size. As people move to cities, their demand for a more de ned set of regulations, but also for basic health, education, and income standards rises. Our theoretical framework determines how the regional distribution of the population a ects government size. We test this theory on panel data of 175 countries from 1960 to 2010 and two state-level samples from Colombia and Germany. Results demonstrate a strong positive e ect from urbanization on government spending, with a 1 percent increase in the amount of urban citizens leading to a 0.2 percent rise in public expenditure. Our ndings indicate that public sectors may become more important as worldwide urbanization is progressing. This result underlines why government e ectiveness and the quality of public goods provision will be even more important in the future. | eng |
| dc.identifier.jel | H10 | |
| dc.identifier.jel | H50 | |
| dc.identifier.jel | H75 | |
| dc.identifier.jel | R50 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10784/744 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
| dc.publisher | Universidad EAFIT | spa |
| dc.publisher.department | Escuela de Economía y Finanzas | spa |
| dc.rights.accessrights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | eng |
| dc.rights.local | Acceso abierto | spa |
| dc.subject.keyword | Government Size | eng |
| dc.subject.keyword | Urbanization | eng |
| dc.subject.keyword | Population Concentration | eng |
| dc.title | Does urbanization mean bigger governments? | eng |
| dc.type | workingPaper | eng |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper | eng |
| dc.type.hasVersion | draft | eng |
| dc.type.local | Documento de trabajo de investigación | spa |
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