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Government expenditure structure, technological progress and economic growth

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  • Zeqi Liu
  • Zefeng Tong
  • Zhonghua Zhang

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Purpose - This study examines the differences in the economic stimulus effects, transmission mechanisms, and output multipliers of government consumption, government traditional investment, and government science and technology investment. Design/methodology/approach - This study constructs and estimates a New Keynesian model of endogenous technological progress embedded in the research and development (R&D) and technology transfer sectors. Using Chinese macroeconomic time series data from 1996 to 2019, this study calibrates and estimates the model and analyzes the impulse response function and a counterfactual simulation of expenditure structure adjustment. Findings - The results show that compared with the traditional dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model, the endogenous process of technological progress amplifies the impact of government consumption shock and traditional government investment shock on the macroeconomy, leading to greater economic cycle fluctuations. As government investment in science and technology has positive external spillover effects on firm R&D activities and the application of innovation achievements, it can promote more sustainable economic growth than government consumption and traditional investment in the long run. Originality/value - This study constructs an extended New Keynesian model with different types of government spending, which includes endogenous technological progress within the R&D and technology transfer sectors, thereby linking fiscal policy, business cycle fluctuations and long-term economic growth. This model can study the macroeconomic impact of fiscal expenditure structure adjustment when fiscal expansion is limited. In the Bayesian estimation of model parameters, this study not only uses macroeconomic variables but also adds a sequence of private R&D investment.

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  • Zeqi Liu & Zefeng Tong & Zhonghua Zhang, 2023. "Government expenditure structure, technological progress and economic growth," International Journal of Emerging Markets, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 19(11), pages 3729-3767, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijoemp:ijoem-09-2022-1384
    DOI: 10.1108/IJOEM-09-2022-1384
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