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We construct a growth model with an explicit government role, where more government resources reduce the optimal level …-2008, we use different proxies for government size and institutional quality. Our results, consistent with the presented growth … model, show a negative effect of the size of government on growth. Similarly, institutional quality has a positive impact on …
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financial crises affect growth. We find that economic growth is lower in the presence of more volatile fiscal policy. Moreover …
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We study the relevance of fiscal rules for growth in an EU panel. Our results show that they foster growth, while … stricter fiscal rules mitigate the adverse impact on growth from big governments. Moreover, more recent EU member states have …
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public expenditure and its financing via revenue and deficits, and economic growth. We review the various channels through … which public finances affect growth and its underlying determinants (institutional framework, employment, savings and … surveys the empirical findings on the impact of fiscal variables on sustained economic growth. …
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In this paper we assess to what extent in the existence of a financial crisis, government spending can contribute to mitigate economic downturns in the short run and whether such impact differs in crisis and non crisis times. We use panel analysis for a set of OECD and non-OECD countries for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605263
We construct a growth model with an explicit government role, where more government resources reduce the optimal level …-2008, we use different proxies for government size and institutional quality. Our results, consistent with the presented growth … model, show a negative effect of the size of government on growth. Similarly, institutional quality has a positive impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605444
We construct a growth model with an explicit government role, where more government resources reduce the optimal level …-2008, we use different proxies for government size and institutional quality. Our results, consistent with the presented growth … model, show a negative effect of the size of government on growth. Similarly, institutional quality has a positive impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009404498
This paper presents and describes a new database of major minimum wage and collective bargaining reforms covering 26 advanced economies over the period 1970-2020. The main advantage of this dataset is the precise identification of the nature and date of major reforms, which is valuable in many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266657
In this paper we assess to what extent in the existence of a financial crisis, government spending can contribute to mitigate economic downturns in the short run and whether such impact differs in crisis and non crisis times. We use panel analysis for a set of OECD and non-OECD countries for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008483880
In this paper we assess to what extent in the existence of a financial crisis, government spending can contribute to mitigate economic downturns in the short run and whether such impact differs in crisis and non crisis times. We use panel analysis for a set of OECD and non-OECD countries for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550451