Government Expenditure and Economic Growth : An Empirical Investigation.

This paper examines the empirical evidence on the contribution that government and, in particular, capital expenditure make to the growth performance of a sample of developing countries. Using the Denison growth accounting approach, this study finds that social expenditures may have a significant im...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1989.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1989/045
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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