---------- (1981). "A Rational Theory of the Size of Government". Journal of Political Economy 89(5): 914-927.
---------- (1983). "Tests of a Rational Theory of the Size of Government". Public Choice 41(3): 403-418.
---------- (1985). "Redistribution Policy and the Expansion of Public Sector". Journal of Public Policy 28(3): 309-328.
Aaberge, R. Eika, L. Langørgen, A. & Mogstad, M. (2019). "Local Governments, In-Kind Transfers, and Economic Inequality". Journal of Public Economics 180, 103966.
Afonso, A. Schuknecht, L. & Tanzi, V. (2010). "Income Distribution Determinants and Public Spending Efficiency". The Journal of Economic Inequality 8(3): 367-389.
Anderson, E. Jalles D’Orey, M. A. Duvendack, M. & Esposito, L. (2015). "The Impact of Government Policies on Income Inequality and the Translation of Growth into Income Poverty Reduction: Protocol for Two Systematic Reviews". Journal of Development Effectiveness 7(4):484-498.
Anderson, E. Jalles D'Orey, M. A. Duvendack, M. & Esposito, L. (2017). "Does Government Spending Affect Income Inequality? A Meta -Regression Analysis". Journal of Economic Surveys 31(4): 961-987.
Aranson, P. H. & Ordeshook, P. C. (1981). "Regulation, Redistribution, and Public Choice". Public Choice 37(l): 69-100.
Arrelano, M. & Bond, S. (1991). "Some Tests of Specification in Panel Data: Monte Carlo Evidence and an Application to Employment Equations". Review of Economics and Statistics 58: 277-297.
Atkinson, A. & Stiglitz, J. (1980). Lectures on Public Economics, McGraw-Hill.
Baer, W. & Fialho Galvao, A. J. (2008). "Tax Burden, Government Expenditures and Income Distribution in Brazil". The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 48: 345-358.
Bailey, S. J. & Connolly, S. (1998). "The Flypaper Effect: Identifying Areas for Further Research". Public Choice 95: 335-361.
Bassett, W. F. Burkett, J. P. & Putterman, L. (1999). "Income Distribution, Government Transfers, and the Problem of Unequal Influence". European Journal of Political Economy 15: 207-28.
Benabau, R. (2000). "Unequal Societies: Income Distribution and Social Contract". American Economic Review 90: 96-129.
Berg, A. Ostry, J. D. & Zettelmeyer, J. (2012). "What Makes Growth Sustained?". Journal of Development Economics 98(2): 149-166.
Borck, R. (2007). "Voting, Inequality and Redistribution". Journal of Economic Surveys 21(1): 90-109.
Bove, V. Georgios, E. & Antonio, N. (2017). "Political Cycles in Public Expenditure: Butter vs Guns". Journal of Comparative Economics 45: 582-604.
Brückner, M. Chong, A. & Gradstein, M. (2012). "Estimating the Permanent Income Elasticity of Government Expenditures: Evidence on Wagner's Law based on Oil Price Shocks". Journal of Public Economics 96: 1025-1035.
Buchanan, J. M. & Tullock, G. (1977). "The Expanding Public Sector; Wagner Squared". Public Choice 31(1): 147-150.
Chetty, R. Stepner, M. Abraham, S. Lin, S. Scuderi, B. Turner, N. Bergeron, A. & Cutler, D. (2016). "The Association between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014. JAMA". Journal of the American Medical Association 315(16): 1750-1766.
Cho, S. J. & Duggan, J. (2009). "Bargaining Foundations of the Median Voter Theorem". Journal of Economic Theory 144: 851-868.
Chu, L. K. & Hoang, D. P. (2020). "How Does Economic Complexity Influence Income Inequality? New Evidence from International Data". Economic Analysis and Policy 68: 44-57.
Cingano, F. (2014). "Trends in Income Inequality and its Impact on Economic Growth. OECD Social, Employment, and Migration". Working Papers (163).
Corcoran, S. & Evans, W. N. (2010). "Income Inequality, the Median Voter, and the Support for Public Education". National Bureau of Economic Research w16097.
Dadghar, Y. (2013). Public Economics, Mofid Press.
Dotti, V. (2020). "Income Inequality, Size of Government, and Tax Progressivity: A Positive Theory". European Economic Review 121, 103327
Easterly, W. & Rebelo, S. (1993). "Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation". Journal of Monetary Economics 32: 417-58.
Easterly, W. (2007). "Inequality does Cause Underdevelopment: Insights from a New Instrument". Journal of Development Economics 84(2): 755-776.
Figini, P. (1998). Inequality and Growth Revisited, Trinity College Press, Dublin.
Gouveia, M. & Masia, N. A. (1998). "Does the Median Voter Model Explain the Size of Government? Evidence from the States". Public Choice 97: 159-177.
Hindriks, J. & Myles, G. D. (2006). Intermediate Public Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Holcombe, R. G. & Caudill, S. B. (1985). "Tax Shares and Government Spending in a Median Voter Model". Public Choice 46(2): 197-205.
Holcombe, R. G. (1989). "The Median Voter Model in Public Choice Theory". Public Choice 61: 115-125.
Holcombe, Randall G. (2006). Public Sector Economics, Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, p. 155.
Khalesi, G. & Piraee, K. (2016). "The Relationship between Economic Growth and Income Inequality in Iran’s Provinces". Quarterly Journal of Economic Research 16(2): 155-171.
Kim, E. S. (1997). The Growth of Public Expenditure in Korea, 1953-1991, Thesis the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, the University of Leicester.
Lindbeck, A. (1976). "Stabilization Policy in Open Economies with Endogenous Politicians". American Economic Review 66(1): 1-19.
Lindert, P. H. (1996). "What Limits Social Spending?". Explorations in Economic History 33: 1-34.
Liu, T. & Dutton, D. J. (2021). "With Great Inequality Comes Great Responsibility: the Role of Government Spending on Population Health in the Presence of Changing Income Distributions". Canadian Journal of Public Health 112(2): 199-209.
Luo, W. (2020). "Inequality and Government Debt: Evidence from OECD Panel Data". Economics Letters 186(2020) 108869.
Luo, W. Pickering, A. & Monteiro, P. (2017). "Inequality and the Size of Government". Discussion Papers in Economics (17/02).
Lustig, N. (2016). "Inequality and Fiscal Redistribution in Middle Income Countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa". Journal of Globalization and Development 7(1): 17-60.
Mattos, E. & Rocha, F. (2008). "Inequality and Size of Government: Evidence from Brazilian States". Journal of Economic Studies 35(4): 333-351.
Meltzer, A. H. & Richard, S. F. (1978). "Why Government Grows (and Grows) in a Democracy". Public Interests 52(2): 111-18.
Milanovic, B. (2000). "Do more Unequal Countries Redistribute More?". European Journal of Public Economics 68: 421-52.
Montazeri Shoorekchali, J. & Zahed Gharavi, M. (2020). "Investigating the Relationship between Government Size and Income Inequality in Iran: The MS-VAR Approach". Journal of Economics and Modeling 11(2): 29-64.
Nelson, P. (1999). "Redistribution and the Income of the Median Voter". Public Choice 98(1/2): 187-194.
Noferesti, M. (1999). Unit Root and Cointegration in Econometrics, Rasa Cultural Service Institute, Tehran.
Okun, A. M. (1975). Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff, Washington. DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Ostry, J. D. Berg, A. & Tsangarides, C. G. (2014). Redistribution, Inequality, and Growth, Staff Discussion Notes No. 14/02. Washington, DC: IMF.
Pecoraro, B. (2017). "Why don’t Voters ‘Put the Gini Back in the Bottle’? Inequality and Economic Preferences for Redistribution". European Economic Review 93: 152-172.
Peltzam, S. (1980). "The Growth of Government". Journal of Law and Economics 23(2): 209-287.
Rahmani Fazli, H. & Arab Mazar, A. (2016). "The Impact of Provincial Budget Gap on Regional Income Disparity of Iran’s Provinces by using PVAR Model". Economic Modeling 10(34): 73-93.
Ravallion, M. (2014). "Income Inequality in the Developing World". Science 344(6186): 851-855.
Sadeghi Amroabadi, B. & Hooshmandi, H. (2021). "Analyzing the Effects of Income Inequality on Public Debt in OPEC Member States by Threshold Panel". Quarterly Journal of Economic Research and Policies 29(97): 313-335.
Shelton, C. A. (2007). "The Size and Composition of Government Expenditure". Journal of Public Economics 91: 2230-2260.
Snowdon, B. Van, H. R. (2005). Modern Macroeconomics: Its Origins, Development and Current State, Translated by Mansour Khalili Araghi and Ali Souri (1394), Samt Press.
Spry, J. A. (2004). "Tax and Expenditure Limitations and the Median Voter". National Tax Association 97: 88-98.
Stiglits, J. E. (2000). Economics of Public Sector, Translated by Mohammad Mahdi Asgari (1391), Samt Press.
Tanninen, H. (1999). "Income Inequality, Government Expenditures, and Growth". Applied Economics 31: 1109-17.
Turnbull, G. K. & Mitias, P. M. (1999). "The Median Voter Model across Levels of Government". Public Choice 99(1/2): 119-138.
Wilkinson, R. G. & Pickett, K. (2009). The Spirit Level: Why more Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better, Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Zhang, W. (2020). "Political Incentives and Local Government Spending Multiplier: Evidence for Chinese Provinces (1978–2016) ". Economic Modelling 87: 59-71.