摘要:Using a Barro-type empirical growth framework we explore the relationship between tax and expenditure limitations (TELs) and the economic growth of U.S. states. The model uses a panel of annual data for the 50 states from 1990 to 2010, with a variable parameter specification coupled with a dynamic Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) panel estimator. In general, more restrictive tax and expenditure limitations can influence the growth process; however, this relationship varies over levels of income and type of TEL.