Explaining the Growth of Government (Volume 171)

by Johan August Lybeck (Editor)

The aim of this book is to explain the post-war growth of the public sector in a number of developed economies. The purpose is to see whether scientists familiar with their respective countries' institutional, political and economic framework, but still working as a group, can advance some common factors behind the growth of government.

403 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Johan Lybeck är en svensk nationalekonom och var professor vid Göteborgs universitet 1978-1993. Han var VD för Finanskonsult AB 1987-2005, chefsekonom för Matteus Bank 1991-2001. PhD i nationalekonomi 1971 (University of Michigan), Fil.lic. i statskunskap 1986 (Göteborgs universitet).

Han är sedan 2003 bosatt i Frankrike.