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The relationship between Government Expenditure and Economic Growth: Evidenced from Four Eastern African Countries

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  • Samuel Atsibha Gebreyesus

    (UNEC PhD student Ethiopian Civil Service University Economics Head of the Department of Labor Market Analysis, Azerbaijan Public Employment Agency)

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Modern governments are concerned not only with performing basic responsibilities but also with promoting the economic development of their respective countries. The study aims to examine the relationship between government expenditure and economic growth in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda with the objective of providing inputs for policymakers on fiscal policy issues. Panel (time-series cross-section) data over the period of 2011 to 2020 was used...

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  • Samuel Atsibha Gebreyesus, 2023. "The relationship between Government Expenditure and Economic Growth: Evidenced from Four Eastern African Countries," The Scientific-Analytical Journal "Economic Reforms", Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication of the Republic of Azerbaijan, vol. 2023(1), pages 107-116, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:azr:reform:v:2023:y:2023:i:1:p:107-116
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    Keywords

    GDP; GDP per capital; regression; spending and fiscal;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
    • N17 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Africa; Oceania
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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