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Deficit Financing in Contemporary Economies: Effects and Implications تمويل العجز في الاقتصادات المعاصرة: الآثار والنتائج

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  • Mahfuzul Haque

    (Professor of Finance, Scott College of Business Indiana State University, USA)

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Ann Pettifor’s paper on deficit financing elucidates how Keynesian policies in times of economic slumps reduce public deficits. A public misconception is that during economic downturns, increasing government expenditure will worsen the deficit. Deficit financing aims to increase economic output via creating/salvaging jobs and increasing productivity. Thus, the temporary increase in spending creates a long-term increase in economic output, so the size of the deficit in relation to GDP ultimately decreases. However, effective targeting of government expenditure is critical if it is to benefit the economy. Evidence from the United States, Taiwan, and Bangladesh, shows how deficit financing used effectively, and not solely to gain political capital, is necessary to produce economic growth. توضح ورقة آن بتيفور حول تمويل العجز كيف أن السياسات الكينزية في أوقات الركود الاقتصادي تقلل من العجز العام. هناك اعتقاد عام خاطئ أن زيادة الإنفاق الحكومي خلال فترات الانكماش الاقتصادي ستؤدي إلى تفاقم العجز. يهدف تمويل العجز إلى زيادة الإنتاج الاقتصادي من خلال خلق/إنقاذ الوظائف وزيادة الإنتاجية. وبهذه الطريقة فإن الزيادة المؤقتة في الإنفاق تخلق زيادة طويلة الأجل في الناتج الاقتصادي، وبالتالي فإن حجم العجز في الناتج المحلي الإجمالي ينخفض في نهاية المطاف. ولكن لكي تؤدي هذه النفقات الحكومية وظيفتها وتكون مفيدة للاقتصاد، فإن الاستهداف الفعال لهذه النفقات أمر بالغ الأهمية. تظهر الأدلة من الولايات المتحدة وتايوان وبنغلادش كيف أن تمويل العجز المستخدم بشكل فعال، وليس فقط للحصول على نفوذ ورأس مال سياسي، ضروري لتحقيق النمو الاقتصادي.

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  • Mahfuzul Haque, 2019. "Deficit Financing in Contemporary Economies: Effects and Implications تمويل العجز في الاقتصادات المعاصرة: الآثار والنتائج," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 32(1), pages 87-95, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:32:y:2019:i:1:no:6:p:87-95
    DOI: 10.4197/Islec.32-1.6
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    2. Mohammed Ershad Hussain & Mahfuzul Haque, 2017. "Fiscal Deficit and Its Impact on Economic Growth: Evidence from Bangladesh," Economies, MDPI, vol. 5(4), pages 1-19, October.
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    Keywords

    Deficit; GDP; Government Spending; Financial Crisis and Tax Cuts. العجز - الناتج المحلي الإجمالي - الإنفاق الحكومي - الأزمة المالية وتخفيض الضرائب.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • F65 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Finance
    • H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus

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