Title

The Relationship Between On-Budget and Off-Budget Government

Author Info

David Joulfaian, U.S. Department of Treasury
Michael L. Marlow, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis ObispoFollow

Recommended Citation

Postprint version. Published in Economics Letters, Volume 35, Issue 3, March 1, 1991, pages 307-310.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(91)90149-F.

Abstract

This paper studies the hypothesis that controls on on-budget government spending leads to greater off-budget activity. Existence of a substitution effect suggests that our ability to control and measure the size of government is more difficult than previously thought.

Disciplines

Economics

Copyright

1991 Elsevier.