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Afonso, António; Schuknecht, Ludger; Tanzi, Vito - 2003

We compute public sector performance (PSP) and efficiency (PSE) indicators, comprising a composite and seven sub-indicators, for 23 industrialised countries. The first four sub-indicators are u0093opportunityu0094 indicators that take into account administrative, education and health outcomes...

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Economic growth and budgetary components : a panel assessment for the EU

Afonso, António (contributor); … - 2008

In this paper we test whether a reallocation of government budget items can enhance long-term GDP growth in a set of European countries. We apply modern panel data techniques to the period 1970-2006, and we use three alternative dependent variables in a growth regression: economic growth, total...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003636014

Government size, composition, volatility and economic growth

Afonso, António (contributor); Furceri, Davide (contributor) - 2008

This paper analyses the effects in terms of size and volatility of government revenue and spending on growth in OECD and EU countries. The results of the paper suggest that both variables are detrimental to growth. In particular, looking more closely at the effect of each component of government...

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Government spending volatility and the size of nations

Furceri, Davide (contributor); … - 2008

This paper provides empirical evidence showing that smaller countries tend to have more volatile government spending for a sample of 160 countries from 1960 to 2000. We argue that the larger size of a country decreases the volatility of government spending because it acts as an insurance against...

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Excess burden and the cost of inefficiency in public services provision

Afonso, António (contributor); Gaspar, Vítor (contributor) - 2006

In this paper we revisit the literature on the economic consequences from inefficiency in public services provision. Following Dupuit (1844) and Pigou (1947) we argue that it is important to take the financing side explicitly into account. The fact that public expenditure financing must rely on...

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Assessing long-term fiscal developments : a new approach

Afonso, António; Agnello, Luca; Furceri, Davide - 2009

We use a new approach to assess long-term fiscal developments. By analyzing the time varying behaviour of the two components of government spending and revenue responsiveness and persistence - we are able to infer about the sources of fiscal behaviour. Drawing on quarterly data we estimate...

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The impact of numerical expenditure rules on budgetary discipline over the cycle

Holm-Hadulla, Fédéric; Hauptmeier, Sebastian; Rother, … - 2010

in the budgetary process expenditure policy might be prone to a pro-cyclical bias. However, this tendency may be … changes in the output gap, and (ii) numerical expenditure rules reduce this pro-cyclical bias. Moreover, the pro …-cyclical spending bias is found to be particularly pronounced for spending items with a high degree of budgetary flexibility …

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Keynesian government spending multipliers and spillovers in the euro area

Cwik, Tobias; Wieland, Volker - 2010

The global financial crisis has lead to a renewed interest in discretionary fiscal stimulus. Advocates of discretionary measures emphasize that government spending can stimulate additional private spending - the Keynesian multiplier effect. Thus, we investigate whether the spending package...

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Transmission of government spending shocks in the euro area : time variation and driving forces

Kirchner, Markus; Cimadomo, Jacopo; Hauptmeier, Sebastian - 2010

This paper provides new evidence on the effects of government spending shocks and the fiscal transmission mechanism in the euro area for the period 1980-2008. Our contribution is two-fold. First, we investigate changes in the macroeconomic impact of government spending shocks using time-varying...

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Governments' payment discipline : the macroeconomic impact of public payment delays and arrears

Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; Klemm, Alexander; … - 2015

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