SZAROWSKÁ, Irena. Relationship between government expenditure and economic growth in Visegrad Group. Financial Internet Quarterly. Berlin: WALTER DE GRUYTER, 2022, vol. 18, No 4, p. 12-22. ISSN 2719-3454. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/fiqf-2022-0024.
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Original name Relationship between government expenditure and economic growth in Visegrad Group
Authors SZAROWSKÁ, Irena.
Edition Financial Internet Quarterly, Berlin, WALTER DE GRUYTER, 2022, 2719-3454.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50206 Finance
Country of publisher Poland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Organization unit School of Business Administration in Karvina
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/fiqf-2022-0024
Keywords in English government expenditure; COFOG classification; cyclicality
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Ing. Irena Szarowská, Ph.D., MPA, učo 21355. Changed: 31/3/2023 10:19.
Abstract
The goal of the article is to examine the relationship between government expenditure and economic growth in the Visegrad Group in the period 2000-2020. Economic theory as well as published studies have suggested that government expenditure is an important factor in ensuring economic growth, which has been the subject of increased interest in recent years. The article focuses on development of government expenditure, changes in its composition in individual countries during the analyzed period, and also on the direction of influence between these variables. Real GDP time series were cyclically adjusted as well as annual data on government expenditure which were used in compliance with the COFOG international standard. The results suggest that government expenditure and their composition are similar in the Visegrad Group despite the existing differences in the size of the public sector. On the other hand, the cyclicality of government expenditure differs across the countries. Results suggest that countries of the Visegrad Group did not use government expenditure as a stabilizer in the monitored period. Government expenditure was acyclical in Slovakia and procyclical in other countries of the Visegrad Group. Applied Granger causality methodology provides mixed conclusions about the relationship between government expenditure and economic growth. Nevertheless, unidirectional Granger causality from GDP growth to government expenditure and its divisions predominates, which means that economic growth comes first, followed by government expenditure.
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