1996
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3932(96)90039-2
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The composition of public expenditure and economic growth

Abstract: Noting that the literature has focused on the link between the level of public expendi ture and growth, we derive conditions under which a change in the composition of expenditure leads to a higher steady-state growth rate of the economy. The conditions depend not just on the physical productivity of the different components of public expenditure but also on the initial shares. Using data from 43 developing countries over 20 years we show that an increase in the share of current expenditure has positive and st… Show more

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“…It also lends support for theories that there are both 'productive' and 'unproductive' components of government spending [33]. However, in contrast with previous casestudy estimates of the fiscal multipliers associated with defence spending in the United States [3,18,19], we estimated negative fiscal multipliers for military spending in Europe.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 54%
“…It also lends support for theories that there are both 'productive' and 'unproductive' components of government spending [33]. However, in contrast with previous casestudy estimates of the fiscal multipliers associated with defence spending in the United States [3,18,19], we estimated negative fiscal multipliers for military spending in Europe.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 54%
“…Even when a sizeable proportion of public spending in an economy is attributed to government investment, our results may be vindicated when a shift towards an a priori more productive category of spending may not raise the growth rate if its initial share is too high (Devarajan et al, 1996), or if optimizing governments misperceive the productivities of the different types of public goods and allocate their expenditures out of line with their productivities (Ghosh and Gregoriou, 2008). …”
Section: Sufficient Condition For a Quadratic Relationshipmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…on economic growth. Some of these studies suggest that public sector consumption is negatively related with economic growth [Barro (1991); Levine and Renelt (1992); Kneller et al (1999)], while others suggest the opposite [Devarajan (1996)]. …”
Section: Previous Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similarly, though assumed axiomatically to have a positive impact in boosting private productivity, public investment is found to have a positive effect on economic growth [Aschauer (1989); Barro (1991); Easterly and Rebelo (1993); Kneller et al (1999)], and a negative effect in others [Devarajan (1996)]. Education indicators are also subject to conflicting results.…”
Section: Previous Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%