Macroeconomic risk and the size of government- do globalisation andinstitutions matter?

Fabrizio Carmignani (), Emilio Colombo and Patrizio Tirelli

No 394, Discussion Papers Series from University of Queensland, School of Economics

Abstract: We present an empirical model where output growth volatility and government expenditure are jointly endogenous and both are affected by policies and institutions. We find that output volatility increases government expenditure, but higher expenditure, causes greater out-put volatility. This suggests that discretionary government intervention is destabilising. Trade openness drives both higher expenditure and greater output volatility. Financial openness instead disciplines the size of government. Political institutions that strengthen policymaker's ac-countability towards the electorate result in lower expenditure and, in-directly, contribute to output stabilisation. Institutional arrangements concerning the central bank are not neutral: a more independent centralbank calls for lower output volatility.

Date: 2009
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