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Modelling Government Expenditure-Poverty Nexus for Ghana

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The paper examines the effect of government expenditure on poverty incidence for Ghana during the period 1960 to 2013. Using the Johansen test (JH), Vector Error Correction (VECM) test, and the Ordinary Least Square (OLS), it is found that poverty incidence positively correlated with government expenditure. The implication of the finding is that poverty is not reducing with increase in government expenditure. Future studies should consider the issues of causality and structural break as well as panel study.

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  • Nyarkoh, James Bright, 2016. "Modelling Government Expenditure-Poverty Nexus for Ghana," MPRA Paper 75727, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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