The Cyclical and Long-Term Behavior of Government Expenditures in Developing Countries /

We examine the short- and long-term movements of government spending relative to output in 51 countries. We find that in the short term, the main components of government spending increase with output in about half of the sample countries, with some variation across spending categories and countries...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Inchauste, Gabriela
Other Authors: Akitoby, Bernardin, Clements, Benedict, Gupta, Sanjeev
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/202
Online Access:Full text available on IMF