Studying the relationship between government size and providing of public good by devising an empirical test that would provide information on the validity of the demand-driven theory against all of the remaining Theories which explaining government size seems important for assessing the welfare implications of government size .In this paper, we use a panel estimation method for OECD and OIC countries over the period 1995 -2008 to evaluate the theory of government as a public goods provider by studying the relationship between government size and the provision of a particular, public good, namely environmental quality. We have found that the government size has a negative effect on air quality but for government quality this relation is inverse. That is, countries with a larger government size tend to suffer from higher levels of air pollution. This result suggests that besides the known factors there are additional channels , corruption, bureaucratic, through which a large government may have harmful consequences for the environment.
amadeh, H., shakeri, A., & mohammadeyan, F. (2012). Government size, Government quality and environmental quality Case study of OECD and OIC countries. Journal of Applied Economics Studies in Iran, 1(2), 27-60.
MLA
hamid amadeh; abas shakeri; frashteh mohammadeyan. "Government size, Government quality and environmental quality Case study of OECD and OIC countries". Journal of Applied Economics Studies in Iran, 1, 2, 2012, 27-60.
HARVARD
amadeh, H., shakeri, A., mohammadeyan, F. (2012). 'Government size, Government quality and environmental quality Case study of OECD and OIC countries', Journal of Applied Economics Studies in Iran, 1(2), pp. 27-60.
VANCOUVER
amadeh, H., shakeri, A., mohammadeyan, F. Government size, Government quality and environmental quality Case study of OECD and OIC countries. Journal of Applied Economics Studies in Iran, 2012; 1(2): 27-60.
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