For example, “an increase in government size by ten percentage points is associated with a 0.5-1% lower annual growth rate.” In April 2010, the leader of this school, Harvard University’s Alberto Alesina, assured European finance ministers that “even sharp reductions of budget deficits have been accompanied and immediately followed by sustained growth rather than recessions even in the very short run.”
经济学家们在其中找到了一些惊人的关联性。例如，“政府规模每增长10%，那么经济年增长率就会降低0.5-1%。”2010年四月，这个学派的领袖，哈佛大学的阿尔贝托·阿尔塞纳（Alberto Alesina），就向欧洲的财政部长们保证“长期而言，即使是大幅度的预算赤字削减后也马上会有持续的经济增长而不是衰退。”