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Public Expenditure and Economic Growth

其他書名	A Disaggregated Analysis for Developing Countries
出版	SSRN, 2007
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6brhzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋In this paper, we examine the growth effects of government expenditure for a panel of 30 developing countries over the 1970s and 1980s, with a particular focus on disaggregated government expenditures. Our methodology improves on previous research on this topic by explicitly recognizing the role of the government budget constraint and the possible biases arising from omitted variables. Our primary results are twofold. First, the share of government capital expenditure in GDP is positively and significantly correlated with economic growth, but current expenditure is insignificant. Second, at the disaggregated level, government investment in education and total expenditures in education are the only outlays that are significantly associated with growth once the budget constraint and omitted variables are taken into consideration.