Government Size and Openness: Insights Based on Country Classifications
Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 1 - 16 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.22440/wjae.7.1.1 İndeks Tarihi: 15-06-2022
Government Size and Openness: Insights Based on Country Classifications
Öz: This study investigates the nexus between government size and openness by paying
special attention to country classification. The main results of our empirical inves-
tigations show that (i) there are two government size trends meaning two different
country groups exist; (ii) there is a positive relationship between trade openness and
government size for the first country group, which validates the compensation hypoth-
esis; (iii) a negative relationship between financial openness and government size is
found for the second country group, which confirms the efficiency hypothesis; (iv) the
effect of financial openness is nearly ten times higher than trade openness; (v) an en-
dogenous country classification process yields better results to understand the linkages
between openness and government size. In this regard, our study incorporates both
hypotheses and provides a uniform explanation.
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