On the Marriage Between Public Spending and Growth : What Else Do We Know?

While there are strong theoretical arguments for ways in which public spending influences growth, robust empirical links have been difficult to establish. More recently, many of the methodological problems that plagued the earlier literature have b...

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Main Author: Moreno-Dodson, Blanca
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/03/10536777/marriage-between-public-spending-growth-else-know
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spelling okr-10986-111262021-04-23T14:02:54Z On the Marriage Between Public Spending and Growth : What Else Do We Know? Moreno-Dodson, Blanca ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORK ALLOCATION BOND BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET BALANCE BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION BUDGET SIZE BUSINESS CYCLE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL SPENDING CAPITAL STOCK CAPITAL STOCKS CENTRAL BANK CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES COMPOSITION OF PUBLIC SPENDING COUNTRY INITIAL COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CREATIVE ACCOUNTING CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS DATA ANALYSIS DATA AVAILABILITY DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DYNAMIC PANEL ECONOMIC AFFAIRS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC STUDIES EMERGING MARKETS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS EXPENDITURE CLASSIFICATION EXPENDITURE DECISIONS EXPENDITURE FUNCTIONS EXPENDITURE TRACKING SURVEYS EXPENDITURES ON HEALTH FINANCIAL STATISTICS FISCAL BUDGET FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FISCAL PRUDENCE FISCAL REFORMS FISCAL RULES GOLDEN RULE GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT BUDGET CONSTRAINT GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCING GOVERNMENT SAVINGS GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROWTH CONTEXT GROWTH EFFECT GROWTH IMPACT GROWTH MODEL GROWTH RATE HEALTH CARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INFLATION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INTEREST RATES INVESTMENT SPENDING LAGGED VALUES LEVELS OF PUBLIC SPENDING LONG RUN LONG-RUN GROWTH LONG-RUN IMPACT LOW INFLATION MACROECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY MAINTENANCE OF ROADS MONETARY ECONOMICS NEGATIVE IMPACT NET CAPITAL NET DEBT PANEL REGRESSIONS PER CAPITA GROWTH POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY ISSUES POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POSITIVE IMPACTS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PUBLIC PUBLIC CAPITAL PUBLIC CONSUMPTION PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRACKING PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EFFICIENCY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING RATIO OF PUBLIC SPENDING ROADS SAVINGS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS TAXATION TOTAL PUBLIC SPENDING UNCERTAINTY While there are strong theoretical arguments for ways in which public spending influences growth, robust empirical links have been difficult to establish. More recently, many of the methodological problems that plagued the earlier literature have been overcome and interesting policy lessons drawn. The number of studies of developing countries using these new approaches is still limited, due to data scarcity and other comparability issues, but overall findings from the new literature are relevant for developing country policy makers and also open new venues for future research. The objective of this note is to present these new empirical results together with the methodological improvements that support them, and to outline some of the issues that need deeper analysis and empirical study, particularly in developing countries. 2012-08-13T14:13:20Z 2012-08-13T14:13:20Z 2009-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/03/10536777/marriage-between-public-spending-growth-else-know http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11126 English PREM Notes; No. 130 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORK
ALLOCATION
BOND
BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
BUDGET BALANCE
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
BUDGET SIZE
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL SPENDING
CAPITAL STOCK
CAPITAL STOCKS
CENTRAL BANK
CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES
COMPOSITION OF PUBLIC SPENDING
COUNTRY INITIAL
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CREATIVE ACCOUNTING
CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DYNAMIC PANEL
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS
EXPENDITURE CLASSIFICATION
EXPENDITURE DECISIONS
EXPENDITURE FUNCTIONS
EXPENDITURE TRACKING SURVEYS
EXPENDITURES ON HEALTH
FINANCIAL STATISTICS
FISCAL BUDGET
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL DISCIPLINE
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL PRUDENCE
FISCAL REFORMS
FISCAL RULES
GOLDEN RULE
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET CONSTRAINT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT FINANCING
GOVERNMENT SAVINGS
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROWTH CONTEXT
GROWTH EFFECT
GROWTH IMPACT
GROWTH MODEL
GROWTH RATE
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INFLATION
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INTEREST RATES
INVESTMENT SPENDING
LAGGED VALUES
LEVELS OF PUBLIC SPENDING
LONG RUN
LONG-RUN GROWTH
LONG-RUN IMPACT
LOW INFLATION
MACROECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
MAINTENANCE OF ROADS
MONETARY ECONOMICS
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NET CAPITAL
NET DEBT
PANEL REGRESSIONS
PER CAPITA GROWTH
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY ISSUES
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POSITIVE COEFFICIENT
POSITIVE IMPACTS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PUBLIC
PUBLIC CAPITAL
PUBLIC CONSUMPTION
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRACKING
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCES
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR EFFICIENCY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
RATIO OF PUBLIC SPENDING
ROADS
SAVINGS
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS
TAXATION
TOTAL PUBLIC SPENDING
UNCERTAINTY
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORK
ALLOCATION
BOND
BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
BUDGET BALANCE
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
BUDGET SIZE
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL SPENDING
CAPITAL STOCK
CAPITAL STOCKS
CENTRAL BANK
CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES
COMPOSITION OF PUBLIC SPENDING
COUNTRY INITIAL
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CREATIVE ACCOUNTING
CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DYNAMIC PANEL
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS
EXPENDITURE CLASSIFICATION
EXPENDITURE DECISIONS
EXPENDITURE FUNCTIONS
EXPENDITURE TRACKING SURVEYS
EXPENDITURES ON HEALTH
FINANCIAL STATISTICS
FISCAL BUDGET
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL DISCIPLINE
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL PRUDENCE
FISCAL REFORMS
FISCAL RULES
GOLDEN RULE
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET CONSTRAINT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT FINANCING
GOVERNMENT SAVINGS
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROWTH CONTEXT
GROWTH EFFECT
GROWTH IMPACT
GROWTH MODEL
GROWTH RATE
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INFLATION
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INTEREST RATES
INVESTMENT SPENDING
LAGGED VALUES
LEVELS OF PUBLIC SPENDING
LONG RUN
LONG-RUN GROWTH
LONG-RUN IMPACT
LOW INFLATION
MACROECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
MAINTENANCE OF ROADS
MONETARY ECONOMICS
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NET CAPITAL
NET DEBT
PANEL REGRESSIONS
PER CAPITA GROWTH
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY ISSUES
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POSITIVE COEFFICIENT
POSITIVE IMPACTS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PUBLIC
PUBLIC CAPITAL
PUBLIC CONSUMPTION
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRACKING
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCES
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR EFFICIENCY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
RATIO OF PUBLIC SPENDING
ROADS
SAVINGS
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS
TAXATION
TOTAL PUBLIC SPENDING
UNCERTAINTY
Moreno-Dodson, Blanca
On the Marriage Between Public Spending and Growth : What Else Do We Know?
relation PREM Notes; No. 130
description While there are strong theoretical arguments for ways in which public spending influences growth, robust empirical links have been difficult to establish. More recently, many of the methodological problems that plagued the earlier literature have been overcome and interesting policy lessons drawn. The number of studies of developing countries using these new approaches is still limited, due to data scarcity and other comparability issues, but overall findings from the new literature are relevant for developing country policy makers and also open new venues for future research. The objective of this note is to present these new empirical results together with the methodological improvements that support them, and to outline some of the issues that need deeper analysis and empirical study, particularly in developing countries.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Moreno-Dodson, Blanca
author_facet Moreno-Dodson, Blanca
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title On the Marriage Between Public Spending and Growth : What Else Do We Know?
title_short On the Marriage Between Public Spending and Growth : What Else Do We Know?
title_full On the Marriage Between Public Spending and Growth : What Else Do We Know?
title_fullStr On the Marriage Between Public Spending and Growth : What Else Do We Know?
title_full_unstemmed On the Marriage Between Public Spending and Growth : What Else Do We Know?
title_sort on the marriage between public spending and growth : what else do we know?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/03/10536777/marriage-between-public-spending-growth-else-know
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11126
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