Effects of Growth and Volatility in Public Expenditures on Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence
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- Liutang Gong & Heng-fu Zou, 2002. "Effects of Growth and Volatility in Public Expenditures on Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence," Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF, vol. 3(2), pages 379-406, November.
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Keywords
Public expenditures; Volatility; Economic growth;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
- I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General - - - General
- H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
- O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-FDG-2011-09-05 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-MAC-2011-09-05 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-PBE-2011-09-05 (Public Economics)
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