growth and the size of government at three levels: federal, state and local. Using 3SLS-IV estimation we find that the size … of federal, state and local government all either negatively correlate with or are uncorrelated with economic growth. We … find no evidence that government is more efficient at more or less decentralized levels. Furthermore, while we cannot …

and the extent of government employment at three levels: federal, state and local. We find that increases in federal …, state and local government employments are all negatively associated with economic growth. We find no evidence that … government is more efficient at more decentralized levels. While we cannot separate out the productive and redistributive …