Cyclical Patterns of Government Expenditures in Sub-Saharan Africa : Facts and Factors /

This paper documents cyclical patterns of government expenditures in sub-Saharan Africa since 1970 and explains variation between countries and over time. Controlling for endogeneity, it finds government expenditures to be slightly more procyclical in sub-Saharan Africa than in other developing coun...

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Autore principale: Yackovlev, Irene
Altri autori: Gadenne, Lucie, Lledo, Victor
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/274
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF