Campbell, Noel D.; Finney, R. Zachary; Mitchell, David T. - In: Southern Economic Journal 74 (2007) 2, pp. 566-580
Caplan holds that governments are Leviathans, seeking to extend their power by increasing government expenditures beyond the level preferred by voters. We extend Caplan's model by examining the real (percentage) growth rates of government. We also examine whether government size increases at an...