01661cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009981 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451951035 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. A Noteon the Public Choice Approach to the Growth in Government Expenditure. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1988. 1 online resource (25 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The paper applies an empirical model, based on the economic theory of public choice, to the Group of Seven countries. It is discovered: (a) that deficit financing does appear to contribute to increased real government spending; (b) that the demand for government services as a whole does not appear to be income elastic; (c) that there is some evidence of a productivity lag in the government sectors of Canada, Japan, and the United States, but not those of France, Italy, or the United Kingdom; and (d) that in most countries there is some evidence of economies of scale in the provision of government services. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1988/093 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1988/093/001.1988.issue-093-en.xml IMF e-Library