Interaction of Taxation, Government Expenditure and Economic Growth

Panel VAR Model for OECD Countries

Bibliographic Data

ID6108923
AuthorsZuzana Machová (0000-0002-3448-4600, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava), Igor Kotlán (0000-0002-6121-3216, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava)
Year2013
Volume61
Issue5
Pages623-638
Publication date2013-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitická ekonomie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3233 • E-ISSN: 2336-8225
PublisherPrague University of Economics and Business (PUBLISHER • CZ)
DOI10.18267/j.polek.920
OpenAlexW2275821025
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited31

The article is focused on the mutual relationship among effective tax burden, size of government spending and economic growth. Its aim is to verify the effect of taxation and government spending on economic growth, but also to verify the effect of taxation and economic growth on the size of government spending. The analysis is methodologically based on a panel VAR model where taxation is approximated by standard Tax Quota as well as an alternative World Tax Index (WTI), which was compiled by the authors. The data cover the period of 2005 - 2010 for the OECD countries. The results of empirical analyzes show that economic growth is positively influenced by government spending, while the effect of taxation is negative for all types of taxes. Government expenditures are negatively influenced by both economic growth and the size of the taxation. We come also to the conclusion that WTI is preferable approximator of the tax burden than the Tax Quota, and may be used in further empirical analyzes

Econometrics · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Government Expenditure · Government spending · Index (typography) · Indirect tax · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Monetary economics · Panel data · Public economics · Public finance · Tax reform · Welfare · Corporate Taxation and Avoidance · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Taxation and Compliance Studies

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