Does the Gubernatorial Term Limit Type Affect State Government Expenditures?

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 572-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica P. Escaleras ◽  
Peter T. Calcagno
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Government Expenditures ◽  
Term Limit ◽  
Affect State ◽  
State Government Expenditures

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Fiscal Federalism for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria: An Analysis of Federal and State Governments’ Expenditures

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebenezer Toyin Megbowon ◽  
Samuel Aderoju ◽  
Gbenga Sanusi
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Government Expenditures ◽  
Series Data ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Long Run ◽  
State Government Expenditures

Abstract One of the sustained political and economic strategies that have been adopted by various countries over three decades to achieve the desired level of development is fiscal federalism. Through this economic development strategy, various levels of government within an economy have been involved in the pursuit of reducing poverty over the decades. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between government expenditure on poverty reduction with respect to federal and state government expenditures respectively. The study employed the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) estimation technique to establish long-run relationship, and to examine the magnitude of the effect of federal and state government expenditures in both the short-run and long-run periods using time-series data for the period 1981 to 2018. Results obtained indicate that only state government expenditure has positive effect on poverty reduction in Nigeria. The findings of this study therefore support the need for greater decentralization and increase in fiscal expenditure responsibilities and strengthening revenue capability in favor of state governments, giving that achieving desired poverty reduction could be achieved through increased state government spending.JEL Classification: E62, H50, I30

Disentangling Patterns of State Debt Financing

1995 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Clingermayer ◽  
B. Dan Wood
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Debt Financing ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Weak Evidence ◽  
Expenditure Limitations ◽  
Partisan Competition ◽  
Sectional Analysis ◽  
Pooled Time Series ◽  
Affect State

We examine the determinants of change in state government indebtedness from 1961 through 1989 using a pooled time series cross-sectional analysis. The analysis reveals that debt is primarily a function of economic conditions reflecting both the need to borrow and the capacity of states to repay debt. However, political factors such as culture, partisan competition, and electoral cycles also affect state debt. We also find very weak evidence that tax and expenditure limitations, ironically, may increase state indebtedness, while constitutional debt limitations have no effect upon slowing the growth of state debt.

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