An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

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Estimating the Optimal Size of Government Spending in the Palestinian Economy Over the Period (1996-2020)

Published
2025-01-25
Pages
325 - 332
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Keywords

  • Palestine
  • The efficiency of expenditure
  • The Government Expenditure
  • The optimal size of Expenditure

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to analyses the optimal size of government expenditure in Palestine over the period (1996-2020) and determine the optimal size of this expenditure through the reflection of this expenditure on achieved economic growth rates. Methodology: It was reached to the results by theoretical analysis and quantitative standard, The Researchers using mainly the Canonical Cointegrating Regression (CCR), Dynamic Ordinary Least Square Method (Dynamic OLS) and Fully Modified Least Square Method (Fully-Modified OLS) by following the methodology which used by Hajaya and Edie Nat (2017) and Scully (1998 - 2003) based on the work of Barro (1990). Results: The study found that the Palestinian government could have increase the public expenditure as a share of GDP to the proportion (17.7%) - if it were following a balanced budget and the absence of budget deficit which constitute the optimal size of public expenditure that offers the best contribution to improving growth rates economic. This difference between optimal expenditure proportion and the proportion of the real current expenditure is a decrease in the efficiency of expenditure could have been achieved by the government in the absence of those financial problems. Recommendation: The study concluded with a set of recommendations, the most important of which are rationalizing and reducing government spending and raising its efficiency, and on the other hand, searching for flexible and permanent sources of government funding.

Article history

Received
2023-12-07
Accepted
2024-09-04
Available online
2025-01-25
بحث أصيل كامل

تقدير الحجم الامثل للإنفاق الحكومي في الاقتصاد الفلسطيني خلال الفترة (1996 -2020)

Published
2025-01-25
الصفحات
325 - 332

الكلمات الإفتتاحية

  • Palestine
  • The efficiency of expenditure
  • The Government Expenditure
  • The optimal size of Expenditure

الملخص

الهدف: التعرف على الحجم الأمثل للإنفاق العام في الاقتصاد الفلسطيني كنسبة من الناتج المحلي الإجمالي خلال الفترة 1996-2020. المنهج: اعتمد الباحثون في هذه الدراسة على المنهج الكمي (القياسي) وتم التوصل للنتائج بالاعتماد على التحليل النظري والقياسي الكمي، حيث تم استخدام طرق التكامل المشترك الاساسي (CCA) وطريقة المربعات الصغرى المعدلة بالكامل (Fully Modified OLS) وطريقة المربعات الصغرى الديناميكية (OLS Dynamic) باتباع المنهجية التي استخدمها بارو (1990(Barro.. نتائج الدراسة: توصلت الدراسة إلى أن السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية وصلت الى الحد الاقصى من نسبة الإنفاق العام للناتج المحلي الإجمالي حيث كانت النسبة الأمثل 17.7% والتي تشكل الحجم الأمثل للإنفاق العام والذي يقدم أفضل مساهمة في تحسين معدلات النمو الاقتصادي. التوصيات: خلصت الدراسة الى مجموعة من التوصيات من اهمها ضرورة ترشيد الانفاق الحكومي ورفع كفاءته، ومن ناحية اخرى البحث عن مصادر مرنه ودائمة للتمويل الحكومي.

Article history

تاريخ التسليم
2023-12-07
تاريخ القبول
2024-09-04
Available online
2025-01-25