The sustainability of fiscal policy: evidence from a panel of six South-Mediterranean countries

Christophe Ehrhart and Matthieu Llorca ()

Applied Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 15, issue 10, 797-803

Abstract: This article aims at assessing the sustainability of fiscal policies in a panel of six South-Mediterranean countries, namely Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey. First, using panel data unit-root tests proposed by Im et al. (2003), Maddala and Wu (1999), and Choi (2001), econometric findings reveal that the variables of public expenditure, revenue and domestic debt in level are not stationary. However, employing panel cointegration tests designed by Pedroni (1999), it is found that government spending and revenue are cointegrated. This implies that fiscal policies in these countries are sustainable in the long run, i.e. they are consistent with inter-temporal budget balance in accordance with the present-value approach.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850600749156

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