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Estimating the Size of Fiscal Multipliers in the WAEMU Area

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  • Somé Juste

    (Department of Economics, Université Norbert Zongo, 01 BP 376, Koudougou, Burkina Faso)

  • Konaté Aniwar

    (Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP), Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 03 BP 7118, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

Abstract

This article estimates the size of short- and long-term fiscal multipliers for fiscal revenue and aggregate and disaggregate public expenditure in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). The empirical methodology is based on the estimation of a vector error correction model using panel data from 1996 to 2023. The estimation results indicate that the short- and long-term fiscal multipliers in the WAEMU area are less than one and are relatively low compared with those in other similar economic zones. Consistent with the standard literature, our results show that output increases in response to a positive government expenditure shock, whereas output decreases in response to a positive fiscal revenue shock. The results using disaggregated government expenditure reveal that public investment expenditure has larger multipliers than public consumption expenditure in both the short and long run, highlighting the greater impact of capital investment on output. Furthermore, spending on human capital has much higher multipliers than spending on non-human capital over both the short and long run. This confirms the critical role of investing in human capital to foster sustainable growth.

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  • Somé Juste & Konaté Aniwar, 2025. "Estimating the Size of Fiscal Multipliers in the WAEMU Area," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment Journal, De Gruyter, vol. 19(1), pages 1-16.
  • Handle: RePEc:bpj:econoa:v:19:y:2025:i:1:p:16:n:1002
    DOI: 10.1515/econ-2025-0139
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    Keywords

    fiscal multipliers; macroeconomic policy; human capital; VEC modeling; identification; WAEMU;
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    JEL classification:

    • C50 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - General
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E60 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - General
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • O23 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development

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