Sustainability - 2023 : Does the effectiveness of budget deficit vary between welfare and non-welfare countries?

Kazi, Musa and Norli, Ali and Jamaliah, Said and Farha, Ghapar (2023) Sustainability - 2023 : Does the effectiveness of budget deficit vary between welfare and non-welfare countries? Sustainability, 15 (15). 0-0. ISSN -

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Abstract

Government intervention is imperative in the mixed economic system due to market failures, imperfection, pure public goods, and economic externalities. To this end, we measure the comparative impact of budget deficits on economic growth, incorporating the moderating role of quality of governance (QOG) for welfare and non-welfare countries. We apply a newly developed econometric model, namely Panel Quantile Regression via Moment Conditions, considering the scale and location effect due to high heterogeneity in our panel time series data over 1990–2020. Our empirical investigation shows that the budget deficit promotes economic growth sustainability in the overall sample countries. The comparative analysis confirms that budget deficit promotes economic growth for welfare countries while it impends for non-welfare countries. Furthermore, QOGaugmentssustainableeconomicgrowthindifferenteconomiccircumstancesinwelfarecountries and non-welfare countries. Finally, the results also demonstrate that the QOG plays a supportive role in the nexus between budget deficit and economic growth in the full sample countries. The findings indicate that the effectiveness of the budget deficit varies across welfare and non-welfare countries. In general, QOG promotes economic growth, but its stringent rules and restrictions somewhat slow downthe wheel of the growth process. We provide several policy implications.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	economic growth; budget deficit; governance; quantile via moment; welfare country
Divisions:	Institute of Graduate Studies (IGS)
Depositing User:	LIBRARY1 UPTM
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2025 04:21
Last Modified:	17 Jul 2025 04:21
URI:	http://eprints.kuptm.edu.my/id/eprint/4880

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