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Growth, Governance, and Fiscal Policy Transmission Channels in Low-Income Countries
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Author/Editor: |
Baldacci, Emanuele | Hillman, Arye L. | Kojo, Naoko C. |
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December 1, 2003 |
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Summary: Private investment is the principal transmission channel through which fiscal policy affects growth in high-income countries. In low-income countries, governance and also other considerations suggest that the primary channel is factor productivity. Empirical results reported in this paper confirm this expectation: in low-income countries, factor productivity is some four times more effective than investment as a channel for increasing growth through fiscal policy. Although the private investment response to fiscal contraction may be minor, high-deficit, low-income countries can nonetheless benefit from a reduction in unsustainable fiscal deficits because of governance-related factor productivity responses that increase growth.
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Series: |
Working Paper No. 03/237 |
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Subject(s): |
Economic growth | Low income developing countries | Fiscal policy | Governance |
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Growth | governance | fiscal policy | low-income countries |
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December 1, 2003 |
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1934-7073 |
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WPIEA2372003 |
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38 |
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US$15.00
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