Macroeconomic determinants of fiscal policy in East Africa: a panel causality analysis
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- Mawejje, Joseph & Odhiambo, Nicholas M, 2022. "Macroeconomic determinants of fiscal policy in east Africa: a panel causality analysis," Working Papers 29842, University of South Africa, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Fiscal deficits; Granger causality; Impulse response; Panel data; East Africa; E62; E63; H61; H62; H63;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
- E63 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy
- H61 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Budget; Budget Systems
- H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
- H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt
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