As the economist Alberto Alesina has found from studies of fiscal stabilization in OECD countries, eliminating fiscal deficits through spending cuts tends to be much better for the economy than eliminating them through tax increases. A natural interpretation is that spending adjustments work better because they promise smaller government, thereby favoring economic growth.
经济学家阿尔贝托·阿勒西纳（Alberto Alesina）研究了经合组织国家的财务稳定状况，发现通过减支消除财政赤字比通过增税对经济好得多。一个自然的解释是，支出调整之所以效果更佳，是因为这意味着小政府，从而有利于经济增长。