Economies of Scale in Local Government: General Government Spending

Growth and Local Government Spending in Georgia

This brief is a technical analysis that estimates the effect of local government spending on economic growth at the county level in Georgia. Recent studies in the growth and economic development literature have emphasized the impact of government spending on growth at the national and state levels, but few of these studies have attempted to identify growth–enhancing government expenditures at t...

Campaign Spending in the Local Government Elections of 1999

For the first time in Irish electoral history, the 1999 local elections required candidates to publicly declare their campaign expenditures. Drawing on these data, we explore patterns in campaign spending and assess their impact, both on candidate success and on turnout. First, examining the elections contested by 1,838 candidates from 180 local constituencies and 34 councils, we identify both ...

Government Spending and Growth

Infrastructure Spending in China Increases Trust in Local Government

Following the 2008/9 financial crisis, China instituted a 4 trillion RMB stimulus package that was spent mostly on infrastructure, with a particular impact at local level. The goal was to sustain economic growth and preserve social stability. We use the Asian Barometer surveys from shortly before and after the stimulus to examine its impact on public trust in government, and find a reversal of ...

Economies of Scale in e-Government: Time for Evidence

The presence of economies of scale has been often taken for granted in the discussion of many eGovernment implementation issues. This paper discusses this assumption by showing that empirical evidence in favor of economies of scale may be considered context dependent. Although the analysis carried out does not lead to discard the presence of economies of scale in the provision of eGovernment se...