The determinants of government expenditures in Serbia: The application of ARDL model

Government expenditures represent one of the most important issues for policymakers both in ordinary and extraordinary conditions. The aim of this paper is to estimate and identify the effects of selected macroeconomic determinants on government expenditures in Serbia from 2002 to 2020. Using the AR...

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Veröffentlicht in:Anali - Ekonomski fakultet u Subotici 2023, Vol.2023 (50), p.147-159
Hauptverfasser: Mirović, Vera, Kalaš, Branimir, Inđić, Milica
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Government expenditures represent one of the most important issues for policymakers both in ordinary and extraordinary conditions. The aim of this paper is to estimate and identify the effects of selected macroeconomic determinants on government expenditures in Serbia from 2002 to 2020. Using the ARDL technique, the empirical findings confirmed that there is a long-run relationship between gross domestic product, government revenues, inflation, and population size and government expenditures for the observed period. The significant and positive effects of explanatory variables are confirmed in the long run, except for inflation, whose impact is not significant in the short run. Specifically, GDP growth, higher inflation rate, greater government revenues and population contribute to the higher government expenditures level. The obtained findings give certain directions to fiscal authorities in creating and defining optimal government expenditures level in the context of influences of chosen macroeconomic variables.
ISSN:0350-2120
2683-4162
DOI:10.5937/AnEkSub2300020M