Endogenous Growth, Taxes and Government Spending: Theory and Evidence

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dc.contributor.author Denaux, Zulal S. en_US
dc.coverage.spatial North and Central America--United States--North Carolina en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-10-01T14:32:26Z en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2011-03-02T17:24:11Z
dc.date.available 2009-10-01T14:32:26Z en_US
dc.date.available 2011-03-02T17:24:11Z
dc.date.issued 2005 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10428/336 en_US
dc.description.abstract This paper provides a theoretical and empirical investigation of the simultaneous effects of taxes and government spending on long-run economic growth in an endogenous growth framework. It is argued that including both taxes and government spending in the model eliminates the omitted variables bias associated with the government budget constraint. A two-sector model is considered: one sector produces physical output and the other produces human capital. Government expenditure is broken into several categories, and several types of taxes are included. One kind of government capital (roads) enters in the physical output sector and another kind (schools) enters in the human capital accumulation sector. In addition, government operating expenditures for schools enters in the human capital accumulation sector. Personal income, corporate income, property, sales and gasoline taxes are included. The property tax is especially interesting because it is a major source of revenue for local government. The theoretical model is estimated using annual panel data of North Carolina counties. This study finds that state-level fiscal policies affect economic growth but county-level fiscal policies do not. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Valdosta State University en_US
dc.rights Copyright protected. Unauthorized reproduction or use beyond the exceptions granted by the Fair Use clause of U.S. Copyright law may violate federal law. en_US
dc.subject Endogenous growth en_US
dc.subject Taxation en_US
dc.subject Government spending en_US
dc.subject Public finance en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Expenditures, Public en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Government spending policy en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Taxation en_US
dc.title Endogenous Growth, Taxes and Government Spending: Theory and Evidence en_US
dc.type Preprint en_US


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