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What is Happening with the Government Expenditure of Developing Countries - A Panel Data Study
Shonchoy, Abu - 2010
2004, this study finds evidence that political and institutional variables as well as governance variables significantly … greater economic influence of a nation Cameron (1978). Corruption is found to be influential in explaining the public … expenditure of developing countries. On the contrary, size of the economy and linguistic fractionalization is found to have …
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Miasma of Corruption : Reflections from Kenya
Shaka, Jack - 2017
Corruption has challenged the legitimacy of political institutions that exist today and has led to political unrest in … Kenya over the years. Bad governance and a lack of transparency in the public sector is one of the main contributors of … corruption in Kenya. This paper delves into corruption and its effect on the economy and the evolution of anti-corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014125011
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Spending in Finland
Hemmings, Philip; Turner, David; Parviainen, Seija - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003
Finland is committed to high quality and extensive public services and a high level of income redistribution. The heavy tax burden these commitments require is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain due to tax competition and the need to harmonise certain taxes with other EU countries. These...
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Spending: Experience in OECD Countries
Joumard, Isabelle; Kongsrud, Per Mathis; Nam, Young-Sook; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
In most OECD countries, public spending rose steadily as a share of GDP over the past decades to the mid-1990s, but this trend has since abated. The spending pressures stemming from the continued expansion of social programmes have been partly compensated by transient or one-off factors....
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Fiscal Decentralization and Peasants' Financial Burden in China
Jin, Jing; Shen, Chunli; Zou, Heng-fu - In: Annals of Economics and Finance 13 (2012) 1, pp. 53-90
This paper sheds light on the heavy financial burden on peasants in China's fiscal decentralization system. Using a political economy framework, this paper explores the tax-farming nature of China's fiscally decentralized system and examines why the system incurs a particularly heavy financial...
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How does corruption affect public debt? : an empirical analysis
Cooray, Arusha; Schneider, Friedrich - 2013 - Revised version
This paper examines the relationship between corruption and public debt in 106 countries. Results suggest that … corruption leads to an increase in public debt. We also investigate if the effect of corruption on pblic debt is increased by … government expenditure, the shadow economy and military expenditure. We find that the effect of corruption on public debt is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010208991
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How does corruption affect public debt? An empirical analysis
Cooray, Arusha; Schneider, Friedrich - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between corruption and public debt in 106 countries. Results suggest that … corruption leads to an increase in public debt. We also investigate if the effect of corruption on pblic debt is increased by … government expenditure, the shadow economy and military expenditure. We find that the effect of corruption on public debt is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368254
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How Does Corruption Affect Public Debt? An Empirical Analysis
Cooray, Arusha; schneider, friedrich georg - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between corruption and public debt in 106 countries. Results suggest that … corruption leads to an increase in public debt. We also investigate if the effect of corruption on pblic debt is increased by … government expenditure, the shadow economy and military expenditure. We find that the effect of corruption on public debt is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720687
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Subnational Fiscal Management in Indian States : A Case Study of Andhra Pradesh
Sarma, J V M - 2002
Andhra Pradesh is one of the pioneering States to earnestly initiate economic and fiscal reform at the Subnational level in India. Prior to the 1996 reform program, the State's budgetary position was under severe stress as in many States in India. The economic growth was below potential,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014128852
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Next Steps for Public Spending in New Zealand: The Pursuit of Effectiveness
Rae, David - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
This paper reviews public expenditure in New Zealand and the scope for further progress. Since the mid-1980s, New Zealand has been a world leader in public management reforms. Government agencies have been transformed by delegating managerial responsibility to them and replacing input controls...
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