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Examining the Validity of Wagner’s Law versus Keynesian Hypothesis: Evidence from Turkey’s Economy

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  • Karahan Özcan

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Turkey)

  • Çolak Olcay

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Usak University, Turkey)

Abstract

The direction of the causality relationship between public expenditures and economic growth is one of the most controversial issues of the literature, which also causes great disagreements in the design process of economic policies. There are two approaches to this subject, which are opposite each other and called “Wagner’s Law” and “Keynesian Hypothesis”. This paper aims to examine the validity of Wagner’s law and Keynesian proposition in Turkey using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model over the period of 1998-2016. The findings supported the “Keynesian Hypothesis”, which advocates a one-way causality relationship from public spending to national output. More specifically, the results of the study showed that the effect of public expenditures on economic growth was positive in the short term and negative in the long term. From an economic policy standpoint, it can be argued that policymakers can promote Turkish economic growth through expansionary fiscal policies in the short run.

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  • Karahan Özcan & Çolak Olcay, 2019. "Examining the Validity of Wagner’s Law versus Keynesian Hypothesis: Evidence from Turkey’s Economy," Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 66(1), pages 117-130, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:aicuec:v:66:y:2019:i:1:p:117-130:n:8
    DOI: 10.2478/saeb-2019-0008
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