Estimando las relaciones entre gasto público y crecimiento económico en los países avanzados

Resumen

Este trabajo presenta diferentes estimaciones de la relación entre gasto público y crecimiento económico para una amplia muestra de países avanzados.  La investigación se desarrolla mediante la aplicación de modelos VAR, mínimos cuadrados ordinarios dinámicos y modelos con coeficientes que varían en el tiempo.  El análisis se completa teniendo en cuenta la composición del gasto público y la calidad de las instituciones.

Palabras clave:

gasto público, crecimiento económico, DOLS, instituciones

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