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Procyclicality of Fiscal Policy in Emerging Countries: the Cycle is the Trend

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  • Michel Strawczynski
  • Joseph Zeira

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This paper uses the Aguiar and Gopinath (2007) methodology in order to estimate whether “the cycle is the trend” in 23 emerging markets and 22 OECD economies. These estimates are then used to test whether procyclical fiscal policy in emerging countries is due to persistent shocks to per-capita GDP. We find support for this hypothesis. While both developed and emerging countries have a procyclical policy for investment expenditure, procyclicality is evident in emerging countries also for government consumption and transfers. Over the period of increasing globalization after the 1990s, these are signs of a reduction in the extent of procyclical expenditure policy in emerging countries. We also find that, in countries with high levels of foreign direct investment, procyclicality is milder.

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  • Michel Strawczynski & Joseph Zeira, 2011. "Procyclicality of Fiscal Policy in Emerging Countries: the Cycle is the Trend," Working Papers Central Bank of Chile 624, Central Bank of Chile.
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