This study applies quantile regression to a sample of 160 countries over the period 1990-2020 to explore the relationship between fiscal space and different conditional quantiles of government-spending cyclicality. Moreover, as fiscal space is a multidimensional concept, unlike the literature,...

This article uses the generalized likelihood ratio test to formally test whether the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and income inequality varies with the level of human capital and then uses a flexible semiparametric smooth coefficient partially linear model to provide...