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@article{lindert96, abstract = {The forces that are most likely to set the ultimate limits on social spending as a share of GDP are not those usually imagined. The deadweight costs of such spending, and the taxes behind them, fail to show the predicted upward spiral. The experience of 1960-1981 shows a major role for shifts in relative age-group sizes, but with an approaching sunset to the effect of aging on social-spending patterns. In addition, the further are the middle pre-fisc income ranks from the poor, the lower the political tendency to spend on any major type of social program.}, author = {Lindert, Peter H.}, citeulike-article-id = {591420}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/exeh.1996.0001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WFJ-45MGX4F-W/2/31af7a9bcd14a6b62f5777689673ad81}, doi = {10.1006/exeh.1996.0001}, journal = {Explorations in Economic History}, keywords = {political\_economics}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {1--34}, posted-at = {2006-04-19 20:34:11}, priority = {2}, title = {What Limits Social Spending?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/exeh.1996.0001}, volume = {33}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - lindert96 L3 - citeulike-article-id:591420 N2 - The forces that are most likely to set the ultimate limits on social spending as a share of GDP are not those usually imagined. The deadweight costs of such spending, and the taxes behind them, fail to show the predicted upward spiral. The experience of 1960-1981 shows a major role for shifts in relative age-group sizes, but with an approaching sunset to the effect of aging on social-spending patterns. In addition, the further are the middle pre-fisc income ranks from the poor, the lower the political tendency to spend on any major type of social program. IS - 1 JF - Explorations in Economic History EP - 34 TI - What Limits Social Spending? VL - 33 SP - 1 KW - political_economics AU - Lindert, Peter PY - 1996/01// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/exeh.1996.0001 ER -