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Fiscal Institutions and Public Spending Volatility in Europe

Albuquerque, Bruno - 2021

fiscal institutions on public spending volatility for a panel of 23 EU countries over the 1980–2007 period. The dependent … variable is the volatility of discretionary fiscal policy, which does not represent reactions to changes in economic conditions …. Our baseline results thus give support to the strengthening of institutions to deal with excessive levels of discretion …

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Composition effects of government expenditure on private consumption and output growth in Nigeria : a single-equation error correction modelling

Dada, Matthew Abiodun - In: Romanian journal of fiscal policy : RJFP 4 (2013) 2, pp. 18-34

This study examined the composition effect of government expenditure on private consumption and output growth in Nigeria using the framework of single equation error correction mechanism. The unit root and cointegration tests were conducted on the variables of interest while single equations...

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Counting the Ways : The Structure of Federal Spending

Jackson, Howell E. - 2007

Public discussion of federal fiscal policy typically focuses on several familiar metrics of performance, including the total deficit, the level of public debt and percentage of federal spending committed to mandatory spending and net interest payments. While useful, these measures are based on...

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Rationalising Public Expenditure in the Slovak Republic

Gönenç, Rauf; Walkenhorst, Peter - 2008

Over the past decade, public expenditure in Slovakia was characterised by substantial social transfers and high public sector wage expenses. This paper analyses the main features of Slovakia's public expenditure system, reviews expenditure trends, and discusses recent reform initiatives. The...

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Public Expenditure Management in Indonesia : Islamic Economic Review on State Budget 2017

Jaelani, Aan - 2018

This paper discusses the management of public expenditures in Indonesia in State Budget 2017. The data collected from fiscal policy documents, especially about government spending plans in 2017, and then be reviewed by policy analysis, the theory of public expenditures, and the theory of public...

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The Effect of Tax Increases on Public Spending Levels

Salmon, Jack - 2023

This study replicates the research of economist Richard Vedder, who conducted a study in 1987 (and subsequently updated the data in 1991, 2007, and 2010) which reviewed four decades of empirical data on the relationship between tax increases and government expenditure. The original study...

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Impact of government expenditure on economic growth in different states in South Africa

Buthelezi, Eugene Msizi - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-17

This paper investigates the impact of long-run government expenditure and economic growth in different states in South Africa. Economic growth has been below the policy target of 5% stipulated in the National Development Plan Vision 2030, while government expenditure growth has been volatile but...

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Regulatory Expenditures, Economic Growth and Jobs : An Empirical Study

Beard, Thomas Randolph - 2011

With a sluggish economy, high unemployment, and unprecedented deficit spending, growing the economy and curbing federal spending are top priorities in Washington. A now-popular target for reform is regulation, which even President Obama claims to have "stifled innovation" and to have had "a...

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The deterioration of the public spending mix during the global financial crisis : insights from new indicators

Bloch, Debra; Fournier, Jean-Marc - 2018

New indicators measuring the effects of public spending on inclusive growth have been constructed using recent empirical work by Fournier and Johansson (2016) and a recent public finance dataset (Bloch et al., 2016). A first set of indicators combines information on the mix of public spending....

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On the Budget Deficits and Capital Expenditure

Sawyer, Malcolm C. - 1998

It has almost become the conventional wisdom that there should be rules governing the size of the budget deficits, without regard for the impact of such deficits on the macro economy. This is reflected in the push for a balanced budget in the United States and the 3 percent deficit to GDP ratio...

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