Outputs (3)

Political budget cycles and media freedom (2016)
Journal Article
Veiga, F. J., Veiga, L. G., & Morozumi, A. (2017). Political budget cycles and media freedom. Electoral Studies, 45, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2016.11.008

This paper examines the effects of elections on the conduct of central governments' fiscal policies. To do so, it uses a unique panel database that includes disaggregated spending and revenue series at the central government level for multiple countr... Read More about Political budget cycles and media freedom.

Public spending reallocations and economic growth across different income levels (2016)
Journal Article
Acosta-Ormaechea, S., & Morozumi, A. (2017). Public spending reallocations and economic growth across different income levels. Economic Inquiry, 55(1), 98-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12382

This paper examines the effects of public spending reallocations on economic growth. Assembling a disaggregated public spending dataset of 83 countries over the 1970-2011 period, we show that spending reallocations towards education, from health and... Read More about Public spending reallocations and economic growth across different income levels.

Public spending and growth: The role of government accountability (2016)
Journal Article
Morozumi, A., & Viega, F. J. (2016). Public spending and growth: The role of government accountability. European Economic Review, 89, 148-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.07.001

This paper examines the role of institutions in the nexus between public spending and economic growth. Empirical results based on a newly assembled dataset of 80 countries over the 1970-2010 period suggest that particularly when institutions prompt g... Read More about Public spending and growth: The role of government accountability.