النمو الاقتصادي و اتجاه الإنفاق الحكومي في الجزائر : بعض الأدلة التجريبية لقانون فانغر باستعمال مقاربة منهج الحدود ARDL

Abstract EN

The aim of this paper is to prove the validity of Wagner’s Law hypothesis in Algeria.

The link between public spending and economic growth has been examined vasdy in the empirical literature.

This paper takes into account recent advances in econometric techniques and examines Wagner’s Law of short and long run relationship between public expenditure and GDP for the Algeria case over the period of 1970-2010 Using bounds testing approach known as ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag model) to cointegration method introduced by Pesaran et al (2001), and Toda and Yamamoto (1995) Granger causality test.

This study found four versions Wagner basic laws show an interrelationship between the GDP and government development expenditure.

The longterm analysis also showed that GDP has a positive relationship and is significant in influencing government development expenditure Therefore, it can be summarized that this Wagner’s law is still relevant to be applied in Algeria.

Yet, we find no clear evidence of government spending causing national income.

In othei words, the Keynesian proposition of government spending as a policy instrument to encourage and lead growth in the economy is not completely supported by the data for Algeria.