TY - JOUR
T1 - Procyclical government spending: Patterns of pressure and prudence in the OECD
AU - Abbott, Andrew
AU - Jones, Philip
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - This paper tests for differences in the cyclicality of government spending across functional categories. Evidence from 20 OECD countries suggests that procyclicality is more likely in smaller functional budgets, but capital spending is more likely to be previous termprocyclicalnext term for the larger spending categories
AB - This paper tests for differences in the cyclicality of government spending across functional categories. Evidence from 20 OECD countries suggests that procyclicality is more likely in smaller functional budgets, but capital spending is more likely to be previous termprocyclicalnext term for the larger spending categories
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79953723173&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.02.009
U2 - 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.02.009
DO - 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.02.009
M3 - Article
SN - 0165-1765
VL - 111
SP - 230
EP - 232
JO - Economics Letters
JF - Economics Letters
IS - 3
ER -