Bent Sorensen University of Houston   204 McElhinney Hall Department of Economics University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-5019 USA   bsorense@Central.UH.EDU   http://www.uh.edu/~bsorense/           JEL Areas: H5 : National Government Expenditures and Related Policies National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General E2 : Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment: General (includes Measurement and Data)