Government Expenditure and Economic Growth : An Empirical Investigation.

This paper examines the empirical evidence on the contribution that government and, in particular, capital expenditure make to the growth performance of a sample of developing countries. Using the Denison growth accounting approach, this study finds that social expenditures may have a significant im...

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Autor kompanije: International Monetary Fund
Format: Žurnal
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1989.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1989/045
Online pristup:Full text available on IMF
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Sažetak:This paper examines the empirical evidence on the contribution that government and, in particular, capital expenditure make to the growth performance of a sample of developing countries. Using the Denison growth accounting approach, this study finds that social expenditures may have a significant impact on growth in the short run, but infrastructure expenditures may have little influence. While current expenditures for directly productive purposes may exert a positive influence, capital expenditure in these sectors appears to exert a negative influence. Experiments with other explanatory variables confirm the importance of the growth of exports to the overall growth rate.
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ISSN:1018-5941
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