Sustainability of Fiscal Policy: A Comparison of Contemporary Models for Asian Developing Countries

Munawar Shah, Syed

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Sustainability of Fiscal Policy: A Comparison of Contemporary Models for Asian Developing Countries

Munawar Shah, Syed

Cite this item: Munawar Shah, S. (2011). Sustainability of Fiscal Policy: A Comparison of Contemporary Models for Asian Developing Countries (Thesis, Master of Commerce). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1890

Permanent link to OUR Archive version: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1890

Date: 2011

Advisor: Haug, Alfred; Dorian, Owen

Degree Name: Master of Commerce

Degree Discipline: Economics

Publisher: University of Otago

Keywords: Sustainability; Fiscal Policy; Panel Unit Root; Panel Cointegration

Research Type: Thesis

Languages: English

Abstract:

This study compares two well-known models used for assessing the sustainability of fiscal policy. The Model-Based test, an OLS-based model of sustainability, either adds little value or is a potentially unreliable approach to assessing the sustainability of fiscal policy. We use panel unit root and cointegration tests for this purpose and find that the primary surplus and debt are nonstationary in levels for the Asian Developing countries in our sample. The existence of cointegration between the primary surplus-GDP and debt-GDP ratio determines the sustainability of fiscal policy without requiring the series to be regressed on each other.

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