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Public spending and economic growth in Ivory Coast: Wagner’s law
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Department of Economics, Université Péléforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire
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DEECAF, Rennes, France
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EAL 2022 1(2):7; https://doi.org/10.58567/eal01020002
Received: 7 December 2022 / Accepted: 13 December 2022 / Published Online: 28 December 2022
Abstract
This study simultaneously tests Wagner’s law on one hand and Keynes proposition on the other hand related both government spending and output in Ivory Coast that experiencing long run economic growth and widened deficit. That challenges the country’s fiscal sustainability. With annual data from 1980 to 2020, results show that Wagner’s law holds, the elasticity of government spending to output is greater than one. There is bidirectional causality between government size and output validating Keynesian idea that public expenditure is an exogenous factor and a policy instrument for increasing national income. Wagner law and public deficit can justify Ivorian over-indebtedness.
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APA Style
Coulibaly, S., & Guei, P. (2022). Public spending and economic growth in Ivory Coast: Wagner’s law. Economic Analysis Letters, 1(2), 7. doi:10.58567/eal01020002
ACS Style
Coulibaly, S.; Guei, P. Public spending and economic growth in Ivory Coast: Wagner’s law. Economic Analysis Letters, 2022, 1, 7. doi:10.58567/eal01020002
AMA Style
Coulibaly S, Guei P. Public spending and economic growth in Ivory Coast: Wagner’s law. Economic Analysis Letters; 2022, 1(2):7. doi:10.58567/eal01020002
Chicago/Turabian Style
Coulibaly, Siriki; Guei, Pierre 2022. "Public spending and economic growth in Ivory Coast: Wagner’s law" Economic Analysis Letters 1, no.2:7. doi:10.58567/eal01020002