Rehme, Günther (2009)
Endogenous Policy and Cross-Country Growth Empirics.
Report, Erstveröffentlichung
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
In this paper it is shown that it matters a lot for empirical research whether policy is taken to be exogenously set or to be endogenous. In the model investment depends on policy which depends on economically important fundamentals and is, thus, endogenous. Conditioning on factor accumulation in growth regressions that also include endogenous policy variables may then be problematic. When policy is endogenous the measured effects of policy on growth will generally be biased. Based on the model and OECD data, the signs of the biases for tax variables related to the tax base and for redistribution are derived. Based on these signed biases the paper discusses some empirical results that seem puzzling from a theoretical viewpoint. The paper argues that regressing growth on policy may still yield important information if policy endogeneity is taken account of.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Report |
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| Erschienen: | 2009 |
| Autor(en): | Rehme, Günther |
| Art des Eintrags: | Erstveröffentlichung |
| Titel: | Endogenous Policy and Cross-Country Growth Empirics |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2009 |
| Ort: | Darmstadt |
| Reihe: | Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics |
| Band einer Reihe: | 182 |
| URL / URN: | http://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/4744 |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | In this paper it is shown that it matters a lot for empirical research whether policy is taken to be exogenously set or to be endogenous. In the model investment depends on policy which depends on economically important fundamentals and is, thus, endogenous. Conditioning on factor accumulation in growth regressions that also include endogenous policy variables may then be problematic. When policy is endogenous the measured effects of policy on growth will generally be biased. Based on the model and OECD data, the signs of the biases for tax variables related to the tax base and for redistribution are derived. Based on these signed biases the paper discusses some empirical results that seem puzzling from a theoretical viewpoint. The paper argues that regressing growth on policy may still yield important information if policy endogeneity is taken account of. |
| Freie Schlagworte: | Growth, Policy, Cross-Sectional Models |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-47441 |
| Zusätzliche Informationen: | JEL - Classification : O4, D3, C2; Erstellt April 2007 |
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften 01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete 01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete > Fachgebiet Wirtschaftstheorie |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 31 Jan 2016 20:58 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 25 Okt 2023 09:46 |
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