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Impact of fiscal consolidation in different states of domestic government debt in South Africa 1979 to 2022

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  • Eugene Msizi Buthelezi
  • Phocenah Nyatanga

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This paper investigates the impact of fiscal consolidation in different states on domestic government debt in South Africa. The government budget constraint theoretical framework and Markov-switching dynamic regression (MSDR) from 1979 to 2022. The contribution of this paper is to examine fiscal consolidation on domestic government debt in different states using measures of fiscal consolidation that account for time-varying elasticity in the cyclical adjusted primary balance (CAPB). The U-shape is found which indicates that fiscal consolidation is effective in reducing domestic government debt at a low level. However, as domestic government debt reaches a high-level fiscal consolidation becomes detrimental and further increase domestic government. Given the result, it recommended that South Africa use less fiscal consolidation in the effort to reduce domestic government debt. Fiscal authorities need to use government expenditure in the productive sector of the economy that will bring about an increase in revenue rather than an increase in the tax rate as advocated in the fiscal consolidation policy. Moreover, develop a tax system that generates optimal tax revenue with adjustment of the tax rates.

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  • Eugene Msizi Buthelezi & Phocenah Nyatanga, 2023. "Impact of fiscal consolidation in different states of domestic government debt in South Africa 1979 to 2022," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(2), pages 2280326-228, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oaefxx:v:11:y:2023:i:2:p:2280326
    DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2023.2280326
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