Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 1999-06-08
Number: 99-042/3
Author-Name: Martijn Brons
Author-Workplace-Name: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Author-Name: Henri L.F.M. de Groot
Author-Email: hgroot@feweb.vu.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Author-Name: Peter Nijkamp
Author-Email: pnijkamp@feweb.vu.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Title: Growth Effects of Fiscal Policies - A Comparative Analysis in a Multi-Country Context
Abstract: The potential interactions among fiscal policies, investments and economicgrowth are complex and manifold.In this paper, we will perform a systematic comparative analysis of the variouseconomic insights that arecurrently available on these complex relationships, both theoretically (by aselective literature review) andempirically (by investigating available data from various countries). Despitethe wide variety of potentialtheoretical relationships between government expenditures, taxation and growth,most empirical analyses arerestricted to simple linear regressions of growth on some measure of governmentexpenditures. Based onempirical experiments, we will indicate directions for future empirical researchthat may enrich our knowledgeon the complex relationship between fiscal policies and economic growth, notonly nationally but also regionally.
Classification-JEL: O11; O23; O47; O57
Keywords: fiscal policy; government spending; taxation; economic growth; comparative analysis
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