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An analysis of COFOG expenditures in former Yugoslavian countries
Article | Year: 2023 | Pages: 233 - 254 | Volume: 47 | Issue: 2 Received: June 1, 2022 | Accepted: January 16, 2023 | Published online: June 12, 2023
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FIGURES & DATA
REFERENCES
CROSSMARK POLICY
METRICS
LICENCING
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Total
expenditures
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General
public
services
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Defence
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Public order
and safety
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Economic
affairs
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Environmental
protection
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Intercept
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4.35
(1.55)
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0.77
(1.8)*
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0.22
(2.47)**
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0.1
(1.18)
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2.96
(3.93)***
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0.05
(1.55)
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Et-1
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-0.11
(1.67)
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-0.11
(1.8)*
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-0.21
(2.92)***
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-0.06
(1.6)
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-0.54
(4.25)***
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-0.16
(2.21)**
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Housing and
community amenities
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Health
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Recreation,
culture
and religion
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Education
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Social
protection
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Intercept
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0.04
(0.61)
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0.95
(2.28)**
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0.08
(2.11)**
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0.17
(0.92)
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0.84
(1.47)
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Et-1
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-0.04
(0.75)
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-0.17
(2.35)**
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-0.1
(2.98)***
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-0.06
(1.36)
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-0.07
(1.74)*
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Obs.: 53; Method: OLS. Note: ***, **, * indicate statistical significance at 1%, 5% and 10%, respectively. T-statistics computed using OLS residuals is reported in parenthesis.
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Total
Expenditures
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General
public services
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Defence
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Public
order and safety
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Method
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OLS
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GMM
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OLS
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GMM
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OLS
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GMM
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OLS
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GMM
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Output gap
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-0.55
(-3.01)***
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-0.67
(-4.11)***
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-0.12
(-1.56)
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-0.14
(-2.28)**
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0.02
(1.4)
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0.03
(1.49)
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-0.02
(-1.24)
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-0.03
(-2.41)**
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Lagged
endogenous
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0.37
(3.11)***
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0.33
(7.33)***
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0.5
(4.73)***
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0.66
(3.71)***
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0.77
(10.21)***
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0.74
(7.84)***
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0.63
(6.55)***
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0.61
(3.14)***
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R2
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0.85
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0.87
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0.82
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0.93
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Individual
fixed effects
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Yes
(0.0009)
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Yes
(0.008)
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Yes
(0.0717)
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Yes
(0.0297)
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Period fixed
effects
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No
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No
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Yes
(0.0772)
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No
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Wald
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0.0118
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Pesaran CD
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0.1350
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B-G test
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0.8532
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Hansen test
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0.3052
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0.6803
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0.6356
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0.7494
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A-B AR(2)
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0.3101
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0.6226
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0.1620
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0.1576
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Observations
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64
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58
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64
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58
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64
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58
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64
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58
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Economic
affairs
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Environmental
protection
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Housing
and community amenities
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Health
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Method
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OLS
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GMM
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OLS
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GMM
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OLS
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GMM
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OLS
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GMM
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Output gap
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-0.07
(-0.48)
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0.06
(0.51)
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0.002
(0.22)
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0.001
(0.15)
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-0.01
(-0.45)
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0.01
(0.27)
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-0.07
(-2.57)**
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-0.1
(-5.61)***
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Lagged
endogenous
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0.2
(1.59)
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0.1
(0.68)
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0.24
(2.16)**
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0.48
(3.09)***
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0.35
(3.13)***
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0.3
(1.79)*
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0.42
(3.56)***
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0.12
(0.82)
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R2
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0.45
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0.88
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0.94
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0.79
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Individual
fixed effects
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Yes
(0.0128)
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Yes
(0.0000)
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Yes
(0.0000)
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Yes
(0.0029)
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Period fixed
effects
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Hansen test
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0.8943
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0.0810
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0.1551
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0.2843
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A-B AR(2)
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0.2414
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0.2150
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0.8262
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0.1292
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Observations
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64
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58
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64
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46
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64
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58
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64
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58
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Recreation,
culture and religion
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Education
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Social
protection
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Method
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OLS
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GMM
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OLS
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GMM
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OLS
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GMM
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Output gap
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-0.004
(-0.33)
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-0.01
(-2.7)**
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-0.03
(-1.68)*
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-0.03
(-2.23)**
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-0.21
(-3.65)***
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-0.27
(-1.96)*
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Lagged
endogenous
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0.59
(5.08)***
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0.34
(4.04)***
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0.72
(9.04)***
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0.74
(14.52)***
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0.5
(4.45)***
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0.23
(0.86)
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R2
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0.92
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0.94
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0.93
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Individual
fixed effects
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Yes
(0.0513)
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Yes
(0.0484)
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Yes
(0.0051)
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Period fixed
effects
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No
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No
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No
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Hansen test
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0.0921
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0.0662
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0.4226
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A-B AR(2)
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0.3618
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0.5178
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0.1556
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Observations
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64
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46
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64
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58
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64
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46
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Dependent
variable
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Independent
variable of interest
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Controls
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Source
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education
(ratio of education expenditures to total public expenditures)
health (same) and composition (ratio of education and health expenditures to
total public expenditures).
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decentralization
(share of local to total exp)
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Population
population density
age structure
gross domestic product (GDP) per capita
openness to international trade
OECD membership dummy
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del Granado,
Martinez-Vazquez and McNab. (2018)
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expenditure
share in total expenditures
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corruption
convictions
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log of state
population
the log of real state gross domestic product (GDP) per capita
the percentage of state population aged 25+ with at least a high school
diploma
the percentage of state population between ages 0-17
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Cordis (2014)
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expenditures
share of total expenditures
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corruption
perception index
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interest rate
on government bonds
the population density
the age-dependency ratio
the log of real GDP per capita
and the unemployment rate
regional dummies for the South, the Midwest, and the West
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Hessami
(2014)
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total
expenditure / COFOG category
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real GDP in
national currency
election years
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lagged
dependent
population
openness
the age structure (share of young and elderly in total population)
unemployment rate growth rate of total expenditures
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Enkelmann and
Leibrecht (2013)
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Expenditure
(share of GDP)
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ln(population)
ln(GDP per capita)
openness
OECD membership
index of ethnic fractionalization
fraction of population over 65
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Ferreiro,
Garcia-Del-Valle and Gomez (2009)
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government
transfers to households
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party linkage
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lagged
dependent
age
unemployment
total expenditures
federalism dummy
district magnitude
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Lago-Peñas and
Lago-Peñas (2009)
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education
expenditures
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corruption
index
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Mauro (1998)
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Source: Authors’ literature review.
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Variable
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Definition
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Description
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Source
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PGGA
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Public goods and
general administration
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Aggregation of General public services,
Defence, Public order
and safety, and Environmental protection, measured in
GDP %
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National Financial Institutions,
Eurostat
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SE
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Social expenditure
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Aggregation of Housing and community
amenities, Health, Recreation,
culture and religion and Social protection,
measured in GDP %
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National Financial Institutions,
Eurostat
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PE
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Productive expenditure
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Aggregation of Economic affairs and
Education, measured in GDP %
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National Financial Institutions,
Eurostat
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ELECTIONS
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Parliamentary elections
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Dummy variable taking value of 1 for
parliamentary election year,
and 0 for other
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National Election Commissions
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PARTY_NAT
|
Party nationalization
index
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The party nationalization index calculated
as per Bochsler (2010), where
politically decentralized countries are
described with a lower index value
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National Election Commissions
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CORRUPT
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Corruption perception
index
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The corruption perception index, where
less corrupt countries are
described by a higher index value
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Transparency International
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GDPEUR
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Gross Domestic Product
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Gross Domestic Product in millions of
euros, at current market prices
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Eurostat
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OPEN
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Trade openness
|
Trade openness index, where higher values
are described for more
open economies
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Eurostat
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UNEM
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Unemployment rate
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Percentage of population aged over 15
years that is unemployed
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International Labour Organization
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TOTEXP
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Total expenditures
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Total expenditures, measured in GDP %
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National Financial Institutions,
Eurostat
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Variable
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Mean
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Median
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Std. dev.
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Maximum
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Minimum
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Observations
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PGGA
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10.71
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9.94
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2.97
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19.35
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6.8
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70
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PE
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10.2
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10.06
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2.67
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21.7
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5.3
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70
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SE
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22.94
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23.38
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3.14
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29.1
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17.8
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70
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ELECTIONS
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0.27
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0
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0.45
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1
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0
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70
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PARTY_NAT
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0.8
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0.8
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0.11
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0.92
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0.54
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70
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CORRUPT
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4.55
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4.2
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0.94
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6.7
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3.2
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70
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GDPEUR
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26,949.2
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34,376.4
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16,582.47
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54,237.9
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3,125.1
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70
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OPEN
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1.07
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1.03
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0.23
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1.61
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0.66
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70
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UNEM
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16.59
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16.16
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7.8
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32.18
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4.37
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70
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TOTEXP
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43.85
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44.91
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5.28
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60.3
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33.1
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70
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SE
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PE
|
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C
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12.8484
(2.1)**
[1.67]
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-32.065
(-3.2)***
[-2.62]**
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ELECTIONS
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0.498
(2.25)**
[2.09]**
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-0.3541
(-0.98)
[-0.83]
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PARTY_NAT
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16.8527
(3.49)***
[3.21]***
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-4.8893
(-0.62)
[-0.56]
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CORRUPT
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-0.3769
(-1.2)
[-1.13]
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0.2448
-0.48
[0.46]
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GDPEUR
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-0.0001
(-1.66)
[-1.88]*
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0.0001
-0.92
[1.28]
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OPEN
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-0.8379
(-0.39)
[-0.38]
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0.1487
-0.04
[0.05]
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UNEM
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-0.1432
(-3.05)***
[-3.17]***
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0.2187
(2.84)***
[2.46]**
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TOTEXP
|
0.0992
(2.09)**
[1.94]*
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0.8844
(11.39)***
[10.77]***
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Observations
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70
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70
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Individual fixed effects
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>0.0001
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>0.0001
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Period fixed effects
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>0.0001
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0.003
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B-G test
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0.66
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0.16
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R-squared
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0.97
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0.91
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