Afonso, AntónioJalles, João Tovar2012-01-252012-01-252012Afonso, António e João Tovar Jalles. 2012. "The fiscal-growth nexus". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - DE Working papers nº 1-2012/DE/UECE0874-4548http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3787We assess the fiscal-growth nexus with a large country panel, accounting for the usually encountered econometric pitfalls. Our results show that revenues have no significant impact on growth whereas expenditures have negative effects. The same is true for the OECD with the addition that government revenue has a negative impact on growth. Taxes on income are usually detrimental to growth, as well as public wages, interest payments, subsidies and government consumption have a negative effect on growth. Social spending is detrimental to growth; spending on education and health boosts growth; and there is weak evidence supporting causality running from expenditures and revenues to output and TFP.engBudgetary DecompositionCrisesPanel Analysisworking paper