Foreign Aid and Government's Fiscal Behaviour in Nepal: An Empirical Analysis

Badri Prasad Bhattarai
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Badri Prasad Bhattarai: School of Economics and Finance, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Australia

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2007, vol. 37, issue 1, 41-60

Abstract: Using the cointegration technique, this paper examines the revenue and expenditure behaviour of the Nepalese government in the presence of foreign aid for the period 1975–2002. The results show that aid positively affects both development and non-development expenditure in the long run. However, the long-run relationship between aid and non-development expenditure is found to be stronger than that between aid and development expenditure. Since aid is generally given for development expenditure, these results indicate the possibility of diversion of aid to non-development expenditure. Thus, the long-run relationship between aid and non-development expenditure may indicate aid fungibility. On the other hand, no evidence is found in favour of the hypothesis that aid availability makes the government lazy in terms of domestic revenue mobilisation.

Keywords: Aid; Development; Expenditure; Foreign Aid; Government (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F35 H50 O17 O19 O23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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