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Tsoukis, C and Bournakis, I (2015) Government size, institutions and export performance among OECD economies. Economic Modelling, 53. pp. 37-47. ISSN 1873-6122
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Abstract
With a panel of 18 OECD countries, 1980–2005, we investigate the determinants of export performance, in particular the effects of the size of government and institutional features. In a model of endogenous extent of domestically-produced goods, government size has a non-linear effect on export performance; the export-maximising size of government (tax receipts) is around 40–45% of GDP; the best size of productive government spending is around 16% of GDP. Product market and labour market-related rigidities affect negatively the export performance both on their own and via a negative effect on the effectiveness of R&D and slow down the speed of adjustment. Among traditional variables, relative unit labour cost, R&D shares in GDP, TFP growth and human capital show up significantly and with the expected signs.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Export shares; Government size; Institutions; Unit labour cost; Competitiveness |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Keele Management School |
Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2015 14:57 |
Last Modified: | 18 Apr 2019 12:04 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/1274 |