On the Optimal Size of Public Sector under Rent-Seeking competition from State Coffers

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This paper incorporates competition for fiscal transfers (or, equivalently, rent seeking from state coffers) into a standard general equilibrium model of economic growth and endogenously chosen fiscal policy. The government generates tax revenues, but then each selfinterested individual agent tries to extract, for his own personal benefit, a fraction of these revenues. Extracted tax revenues could alternatively be used to finance economy-wide infrastructure. We look at a Nash equilibrium in individual agents' behavior, and then investigate what the society should do to discourage rent-seeking competition. The focus is on the optimal size of public sector.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 991

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: social conflict ; fiscal policy ; economic growth

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Park, Hyun ; Philippopoulos, Apostolis ; Vassilatos, Vangelis
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/76319
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET