An analysis of COFOG expenditures in former Yugoslavian countries

Marko Crnogorac () and Santiago Lago-Peñas ()
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Marko Crnogorac: Governance and Economics Research Network (GEN), Universidade de Vigo, Campus Universitario As Lagoas s/n, Ourense, Spain
Santiago Lago-Peñas: Governance and Economics Research Network (GEN), Universidade de Vigo, Campus Universitario As Lagoas s/n, Ourense, Spain

Public Sector Economics, 2023, vol. 47, issue 2, 233-254

Abstract: In this paper, we carry out an in-depth analysis of public expenditure in all former Yugoslavian countries. Our purpose is threefold: first, to verify the existence of common patterns of spending; second, to investigate the cyclicality hypothesis of fiscal policy in non-OECD countries; and third, to analyse both political and economic determinants of expenditure composition. Our results show a weak convergence in structures, the countercyclical behaviour of public expenditures, and the influence of electoral cycles, business cycles, and the degree of nationalization of party systems on the composition of public expenditure.

Keywords: COFOG expenditures; former Yugoslavia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.3326/pse.47.2.4

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