Growth Effects of Fiscal Policies - A Comparative Analysis in a Multi-Country Context

Martijn Brons (), Henri de Groot and Peter Nijkamp

No 99-042/3, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: The potential interactions among fiscal policies, investments and economicgrowth are complex and manifold.In this paper, we will perform a systematic comparative analysis of the variouseconomic insights that arecurrently available on these complex relationships, both theoretically (by aselective literature review) andempirically (by investigating available data from various countries). Despitethe wide variety of potentialtheoretical relationships between government expenditures, taxation and growth,most empirical analyses arerestricted to simple linear regressions of growth on some measure of governmentexpenditures. Based onempirical experiments, we will indicate directions for future empirical researchthat may enrich our knowledgeon the complex relationship between fiscal policies and economic growth, notonly nationally but also regionally.

Keywords: fiscal policy; government spending; taxation; economic growth; comparative analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O11 O23 O47 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-06-08
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