@article{meltzer-richard-1981,
  title = {{A Rational Theory of the Size of Government}},
  author = {Allan H. Meltzer and Scott F. Richard},
  year = {1981},
  journal = {Journal of Political Economy},
  volume = {89},
  number = {5},
  pages = {914--927},
  url = {https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/261013}
}