Fiscal policy, expenditure composition, and growth in low-income countries

By S. Gupta, Benedict Clements, E. Baldacci, Carlos Mulas-Granados. 2005

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Fiscal policy and endogenous growth with public infrastructure (2007, background): “Gupta et al. (2005), in a study focusing on 39 low-income countries during the 1990s, found that the composition of public expenditure matters significantly in assessing the effects of fiscal policy on economic growth.”
The composition of government spending and growth: is current or capital spending better? (2007, methodology): “Although the sample in Gupta et al. (2005) is wider than ours while our time series is longer and includes their study period, and noting the fact that they consider the revenue side of the government budget constraint in full (see Section 5 of our paper), we can say that our results differ from the”
Public debt and the limits of fiscal policy to increase economic growth (2011, background): “Various studies have found empirical evidence that the allocation of public funds to education, health, and infrastructure expenses positively impacts economic growth (Aschauer, 1989; Easterly and Rebelo, 1993; Gupta et al., 2005).”
Government Debt and Economic Growth (2013, result): “This result is in line with the literature that emphasizes the growth-enhancing effects of fiscal discipline and low levels of public debt (Kneller, Bleaney, and Gemmell, 1999; Gupta et al., 2005; Cecchetti, Mohanty, and Zampolli, 2011; Checherita and Rother, 2010; Reinhart and Rogoff, 2010).”
Public Capital and Growth (2010, neutral): “Using a general equilibrium model, they analyze labor market effects Elasticity is 0.31 Gupta et al. (2005) 39 LICs 1990s Public investment Significant positive effect Gwartney et al. (2004) 86 countries of which 66 LDCs 1980-2000 Public investment Significant positive effect, but coefficient is…”