Government expenditures in Kenya, 1950–2014: Determinants and agricultural growth effects

Annual data on Kenya from 1950 to 2014 are used to analyze the determinants of the level and composition of government expenditures and estimate the agricultural-output returns to the different types of government expenditures. The paper analyzes expenditures for six functions (general administratio...

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Autores principales: Benin, Samuel, Odjo, Sunday P.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147099
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description Annual data on Kenya from 1950 to 2014 are used to analyze the determinants of the level and composition of government expenditures and estimate the agricultural-output returns to the different types of government expenditures. The paper analyzes expenditures for six functions (general administration, defense, education, health, agriculture, and other economic functions—transport, communications, etc.) as well as the capital-to-recurrent expenditure ratios within each of the six functions. Simultaneous equations modeling methods are employed, and different diagnostic tests are used to check for and address issues with stationarity, causality, and autocorrelation. Different model specifications are used to assess the sensitivity of the results to using different measures and combinations of the conceptual variables that are hypothesized to affect the composition of government expenditures and agricultural production.
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spelling CGSpace1470992025-11-06T07:22:56Z Government expenditures in Kenya, 1950–2014: Determinants and agricultural growth effects Benin, Samuel Odjo, Sunday P. agricultural growth public expenditure quantitative analysis Annual data on Kenya from 1950 to 2014 are used to analyze the determinants of the level and composition of government expenditures and estimate the agricultural-output returns to the different types of government expenditures. The paper analyzes expenditures for six functions (general administration, defense, education, health, agriculture, and other economic functions—transport, communications, etc.) as well as the capital-to-recurrent expenditure ratios within each of the six functions. Simultaneous equations modeling methods are employed, and different diagnostic tests are used to check for and address issues with stationarity, causality, and autocorrelation. Different model specifications are used to assess the sensitivity of the results to using different measures and combinations of the conceptual variables that are hypothesized to affect the composition of government expenditures and agricultural production. 2018-11-29 2024-06-21T09:11:14Z 2024-06-21T09:11:14Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147099 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148215 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150109 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154023 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157042 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Benin, Samuel; and Odjo, Sunday. 2018. Government expenditures in Kenya, 1950–2014: Determinants and agricultural growth effects. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1774. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147099
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public expenditure
quantitative analysis
Benin, Samuel
Odjo, Sunday P.
Government expenditures in Kenya, 1950–2014: Determinants and agricultural growth effects
title Government expenditures in Kenya, 1950–2014: Determinants and agricultural growth effects
title_full Government expenditures in Kenya, 1950–2014: Determinants and agricultural growth effects
title_fullStr Government expenditures in Kenya, 1950–2014: Determinants and agricultural growth effects
title_full_unstemmed Government expenditures in Kenya, 1950–2014: Determinants and agricultural growth effects
title_short Government expenditures in Kenya, 1950–2014: Determinants and agricultural growth effects
title_sort government expenditures in kenya 1950 2014 determinants and agricultural growth effects
topic agricultural growth
public expenditure
quantitative analysis
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147099
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