... total public expenditure. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Economic theory Central government Human capital theory This paper tests a competitive general equilibrium model of redistributive taxation developed by Dao and Esfahani (1995) using OECD cross‐sectional and US time‐series data...

.... This finding may resolve the puzzle of simultaneous growth of government and increase in income equality in developed countries that has challenged recent models of redistributive taxation. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Economic conditions Government Human capital theory Taxation The twentieth...