Relationship between Government Expenditure and Economic Growth in Transition Countries: Case of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
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After the collapse of Soviet Union the membercountries was accompanied by economic and political crises. Each country has chosen own monetary and fiscal policy considering the economic situation. Even though that their economic situation is
similar, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are pursuing opposite fiscal policy. More precisely,
Kyrgyzstan in recent years has changed its fiscal policy towards expansionary policy,
when Tajikistan is continuing contractionary policy. This paper analyses the long and
the short-run causality relationships between government expenditure and economic
growth in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to reveal the results of such fiscal policies on real
output, using Engle-Granger Cointegration and Granger Causality Tests.Results show
that, over the 2000:1-2013:4 period, there is a long run relationship between GDP and
government expenditure in both countries. According to Granger Causality Test it was
found anunidirectional causality from government expenditures to economic growth
in Kyrgyzstan. But Granger causality test on economy ofTajikistan does not give any
causality relations between these variables.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
31 Ekim 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
30 Haziran 2015
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2017 Sayı: 83