By using an endogenous growth model, in which public services and facilities are subject to congestion (which occurs when output growth rate exceeds that of public spending), Rezk analyzes the relationship between public spending and the rate of economic growth. He derives the optimal government...

The econometric analysis based on a fixed effect panel data model for the period 1993-2004, aimed at ascertaining whether the public spending of Argentine provinces was influenced by economic and fiscal variables and also by politico-institutional variables such as provinces´ political sign,...