Document Type : ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Authors

• Hasan Sadeghi ¹
• Majid Sameti ²
• Morteza Sameti ²

¹ Assistant Professor of Economics, Payame Noor University

² Associate professor of Economics, Esfahan University

Abstract

Economic   development    programs,   especially   in   developing   countries,  as  much  as   national  economies  interaction  with  the  global   economy,   are affected   by  economic  globalization process.  It has  also  been  shown  that the national  economies,  are  seriously  affected  by   this  phenomenon.  Economic development  at  the national  level,  without  the  active  interaction  with  the  global  economy  suffers  a  serious  challenge.  On the other hand, the  development  programs  in  developing  countries  are   influenced   by  the  size  of government. Towards   globalization,   governments   should  take  actions  to create  and  promote   a  competitive   environment.   In too many  studies,  the impact  of  globalization  on  government size  has  been  analyzed   but  the results have  not  been  the same. In this paper, using  panel data and econometric methods,  the  effects  of  globalization  on  the  size  of government  in  selected Asian  countries (Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia and  Iran) have been  studied. The  results  show   that  economic  globalization  has  not  reduced  the  size of  government  in  these  selected   countries.

Keywords

• globalization
• Economic Globalization
• Government size
• Asian Countries