Fiscal Spending and Economic Performance : Some Stylized Facts

This paper complements the cross-country approach by examining the correlates of growth acceleration in per capita gross domestic product around "significant" public expenditure episodes by reorganizing the data around turning points, or...

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Main Authors: Carrère, Céline, de Melo, Jaime
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE LEVEL
BANK POLICY
BASELINE DATA
BUDGET DEFICIT
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITA GROWTH
CAPITAL ASSETS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CASE STUDIES
CASH BASIS
CASH INFLOW
CASH OUTFLOW
CASH PAYMENTS
CD
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEFICIT
CHANGES IN EXPENDITURES
CHECKS
CIVIL DEFENSE
COMMUNITY SERVICES
COMPARISON GROUP
COUNTRY CASE
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
CURRENCY
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA REQUIREMENTS
DEBT
DEFENSE EXPENDITURES
DEFICIT LEVEL
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DUMMY VARIABLE
DYNAMIC PANEL
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REFORM
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
ELASTICITIES
EQUIPMENT
ESTIMATION RESULTS
EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES
EXPENDITURE COMPOSITION
EXPENDITURE GROWTH
EXPENDITURE REFORM
EXPORT SECTOR
EXTERNAL BORROWING
EXTERNAL CONDITIONS
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL STATISTICS
FISCAL AFFAIRS
FISCAL DATA
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL EPISODES
FISCAL EVENTS
FISCAL EXPENDITURE
FISCAL EXPENDITURES
FISCAL PERFORMANCE
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL REFORM
FISCAL REFORMS
FISCAL SIDE
FISCAL STANCE
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FISCAL VARIABLES
FIXED ASSETS
FIXED CAPITAL
FLUCTUATIONS
FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID
FOREIGN MILITARY AID
FUNGIBILITY
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET CONSTRAINT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT OUTLAYS
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH EFFECTS
GROWTH EPISODE
GROWTH OBJECTIVE
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSION
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
GROWTH VOLATILITY
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HIGH GROWTH
HIGH INCOME
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HOSPITAL SERVICES
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES
INFLATION
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INTANGIBLE
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
INTEREST PAYMENT
INTEREST PAYMENTS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
LEVEL OF INCOME
LEVEL OF INDEBTEDNESS
LIBERALIZATION
LOAN
LONG-RUN GROWTH
LOW INCOME
LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL COEFFICIENTS
MEDICAL PRODUCTS
MIDDLE EAST
MIDDLE INCOME
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MILITARY DEFENSE
MONETARY ECONOMICS
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
OUTCOME INDICATORS
OUTPUT GROWTH
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT
POLICY DISCUSSION
POLICY PACKAGE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICIANS
POOL OF FUNDS
POOR COUNTRIES
POSITIVE COEFFICIENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRICE VALUES
PRIMARY DEFICIT
PRIMARY SPENDING
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC DEBT TRANSACTIONS
PUBLIC DEFICIT
PUBLIC DEFICITS
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
RAPID GROWTH
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RETURNS
SOCIAL BENEFITS
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
STANDARD ERRORS
STOCKS
STREET LIGHTING
STRUCTURAL BREAK
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TAX
TAX REVENUE
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
TOTAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICY
TRADE SHOCKS
UNCERTAINTY
VOLATILITY
spellingShingle ACCRUAL BASIS
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE LEVEL
BANK POLICY
BASELINE DATA
BUDGET DEFICIT
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITA GROWTH
CAPITAL ASSETS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CASE STUDIES
CASH BASIS
CASH INFLOW
CASH OUTFLOW
CASH PAYMENTS
CD
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEFICIT
CHANGES IN EXPENDITURES
CHECKS
CIVIL DEFENSE
COMMUNITY SERVICES
COMPARISON GROUP
COUNTRY CASE
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
CURRENCY
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA REQUIREMENTS
DEBT
DEFENSE EXPENDITURES
DEFICIT LEVEL
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DUMMY VARIABLE
DYNAMIC PANEL
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REFORM
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
ELASTICITIES
EQUIPMENT
ESTIMATION RESULTS
EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES
EXPENDITURE COMPOSITION
EXPENDITURE GROWTH
EXPENDITURE REFORM
EXPORT SECTOR
EXTERNAL BORROWING
EXTERNAL CONDITIONS
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL STATISTICS
FISCAL AFFAIRS
FISCAL DATA
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL EPISODES
FISCAL EVENTS
FISCAL EXPENDITURE
FISCAL EXPENDITURES
FISCAL PERFORMANCE
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL REFORM
FISCAL REFORMS
FISCAL SIDE
FISCAL STANCE
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FISCAL VARIABLES
FIXED ASSETS
FIXED CAPITAL
FLUCTUATIONS
FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID
FOREIGN MILITARY AID
FUNGIBILITY
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET CONSTRAINT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT OUTLAYS
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH EFFECTS
GROWTH EPISODE
GROWTH OBJECTIVE
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSION
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
GROWTH VOLATILITY
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HIGH GROWTH
HIGH INCOME
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HOSPITAL SERVICES
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES
INFLATION
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INTANGIBLE
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
INTEREST PAYMENT
INTEREST PAYMENTS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
LEVEL OF INCOME
LEVEL OF INDEBTEDNESS
LIBERALIZATION
LOAN
LONG-RUN GROWTH
LOW INCOME
LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL COEFFICIENTS
MEDICAL PRODUCTS
MIDDLE EAST
MIDDLE INCOME
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MILITARY DEFENSE
MONETARY ECONOMICS
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
OUTCOME INDICATORS
OUTPUT GROWTH
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT
POLICY DISCUSSION
POLICY PACKAGE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICIANS
POOL OF FUNDS
POOR COUNTRIES
POSITIVE COEFFICIENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRICE VALUES
PRIMARY DEFICIT
PRIMARY SPENDING
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC DEBT TRANSACTIONS
PUBLIC DEFICIT
PUBLIC DEFICITS
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
RAPID GROWTH
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RETURNS
SOCIAL BENEFITS
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
STANDARD ERRORS
STOCKS
STREET LIGHTING
STRUCTURAL BREAK
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TAX
TAX REVENUE
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
TOTAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICY
TRADE SHOCKS
UNCERTAINTY
VOLATILITY
Carrère, Céline
de Melo, Jaime
Fiscal Spending and Economic Performance : Some Stylized Facts
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4452
description This paper complements the cross-country approach by examining the correlates of growth acceleration in per capita gross domestic product around "significant" public expenditure episodes by reorganizing the data around turning points, or events. The authors define a growth event as an increase in average per capita growth of at least 2 percentage points sustained for 5 years. A fiscal event is an increase in the annual growth rate of primary fiscal expenditure of approximately 1 percentage point sustained for 5 years and not accompanied by an aggravation of the fiscal deficit beyond 2 percent of gross domestic product. These definitions of events are applied to a database of 140 countries (118 developing countries) for 1972-2005. After controlling for the growth-inducing effects of positive terms-of-trade shocks and of trade liberalization reform, probit estimates indicate that a growth event is more likely to occur in a developing country when surrounded by a fiscal event. Moreover, the probability of occurrence of a growth event in the years following a fiscal event is greater the lower is the associated fiscal deficit, confirming that success of a growth-oriented fiscal expenditure reform hinges on a stabilized macroeconomic environment (through a limited primary fiscal deficit).
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Carrère, Céline
de Melo, Jaime
author_facet Carrère, Céline
de Melo, Jaime
author_sort Carrère, Céline
title Fiscal Spending and Economic Performance : Some Stylized Facts
title_short Fiscal Spending and Economic Performance : Some Stylized Facts
title_full Fiscal Spending and Economic Performance : Some Stylized Facts
title_fullStr Fiscal Spending and Economic Performance : Some Stylized Facts
title_full_unstemmed Fiscal Spending and Economic Performance : Some Stylized Facts
title_sort fiscal spending and economic performance : some stylized facts
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8890175/fiscal-spending-economic-performance-some-stylized-facts
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7517
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spelling okr-10986-75172021-04-23T14:02:35Z Fiscal Spending and Economic Performance : Some Stylized Facts Carrère, Céline de Melo, Jaime ACCRUAL BASIS AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE LEVEL BANK POLICY BASELINE DATA BUDGET DEFICIT BUSINESS CYCLE CAPITA GROWTH CAPITAL ASSETS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INFLOWS CASE STUDIES CASH BASIS CASH INFLOW CASH OUTFLOW CASH PAYMENTS CD CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEFICIT CHANGES IN EXPENDITURES CHECKS CIVIL DEFENSE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMPARISON GROUP COUNTRY CASE CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CURRENCY DATA AVAILABILITY DATA REQUIREMENTS DEBT DEFENSE EXPENDITURES DEFICIT LEVEL DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DUMMY VARIABLE DYNAMIC PANEL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC AFFAIRS ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REFORM EDUCATION EXPENDITURES ELASTICITIES EQUIPMENT ESTIMATION RESULTS EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES EXPENDITURE COMPOSITION EXPENDITURE GROWTH EXPENDITURE REFORM EXPORT SECTOR EXTERNAL BORROWING EXTERNAL CONDITIONS EXTERNAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL STATISTICS FISCAL AFFAIRS FISCAL DATA FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL EPISODES FISCAL EVENTS FISCAL EXPENDITURE FISCAL EXPENDITURES FISCAL PERFORMANCE FISCAL POLICY FISCAL REFORM FISCAL REFORMS FISCAL SIDE FISCAL STANCE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL VARIABLES FIXED ASSETS FIXED CAPITAL FLUCTUATIONS FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID FOREIGN MILITARY AID FUNGIBILITY GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT BUDGET CONSTRAINT GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT OUTLAYS GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH EFFECTS GROWTH EPISODE GROWTH OBJECTIVE GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSION GROWTH REGRESSIONS GROWTH VOLATILITY HEALTH EXPENDITURES HIGH GROWTH HIGH INCOME HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HOSPITAL SERVICES INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES INFLATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTANGIBLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS INTEREST PAYMENT INTEREST PAYMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS LEVEL OF INCOME LEVEL OF INDEBTEDNESS LIBERALIZATION LOAN LONG-RUN GROWTH LOW INCOME LOW INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL COEFFICIENTS MEDICAL PRODUCTS MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE INCOME MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MILITARY DEFENSE MONETARY ECONOMICS NORMAL DISTRIBUTION OUTCOME INDICATORS OUTPUT GROWTH PER CAPITA GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT POLICY DISCUSSION POLICY PACKAGE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICIANS POOL OF FUNDS POOR COUNTRIES POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE VALUES PRIMARY DEFICIT PRIMARY SPENDING PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC DEBT TRANSACTIONS PUBLIC DEFICIT PUBLIC DEFICITS PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING RAPID GROWTH REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETURNS SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY STANDARD ERRORS STOCKS STREET LIGHTING STRUCTURAL BREAK SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAX TAX REVENUE TOTAL EXPENDITURE TOTAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE SHOCKS UNCERTAINTY VOLATILITY This paper complements the cross-country approach by examining the correlates of growth acceleration in per capita gross domestic product around "significant" public expenditure episodes by reorganizing the data around turning points, or events. The authors define a growth event as an increase in average per capita growth of at least 2 percentage points sustained for 5 years. A fiscal event is an increase in the annual growth rate of primary fiscal expenditure of approximately 1 percentage point sustained for 5 years and not accompanied by an aggravation of the fiscal deficit beyond 2 percent of gross domestic product. These definitions of events are applied to a database of 140 countries (118 developing countries) for 1972-2005. After controlling for the growth-inducing effects of positive terms-of-trade shocks and of trade liberalization reform, probit estimates indicate that a growth event is more likely to occur in a developing country when surrounded by a fiscal event. Moreover, the probability of occurrence of a growth event in the years following a fiscal event is greater the lower is the associated fiscal deficit, confirming that success of a growth-oriented fiscal expenditure reform hinges on a stabilized macroeconomic environment (through a limited primary fiscal deficit). 2012-06-08T14:59:35Z 2012-06-08T14:59:35Z 2007-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8890175/fiscal-spending-economic-performance-some-stylized-facts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7517 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4452 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research