Openness, Country Size and the Government

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Abstract

This paper shows that smaller countries have larger public sectors as a share of GDP, and are also more open to trade. These empirical observations are consistent with recent theoretical models explaining country formation and break up.

Keywords

MODELS
GDP
THEORETICAL
BREAK
SMALLER
PUBLIC SECTORS
EMPIRICAL OBSERVATIONS
COUNTRY SIZE
COUNTRY FORMATION
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