Do Fiscal Policy Outcomes Promote Ethno-Religious Stability in African States?

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dc.authoridBekun, Festus Victor/0000-0003-4948-6905
dc.authoridOlasehinde-Williams, Godwin Oluseye/0000-0002-3710-6146
dc.contributor.authorOlasehinde-Williams, Godwin
dc.contributor.authorBekun, Festus Victor
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-11T19:50:44Z
dc.date.available2024-09-11T19:50:44Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the conditions under which the use of expansionary fiscal policy may mitigate the risk of initiation, escalation, and repeated cycles of conflict on the African continent. To date, empirical evidence highlighting the effectiveness of expansionary fiscal policy as a means of mitigating conflict in Africa is still limited. This article is an attempt to fill this gap as it addresses this important empirical question in conflict-plagued Africa. The study further expands on previous studies by examining the efficacy of increased government expenditure on conflict in general, as well as on the ethnic and religious dimensions of conflict in Africa. The most encountered forms of conflict in recent times are those that cannot be neatly classified as war, peace, criminal violence or political violence. Ethnic and religious conflicts often fall into this class. This study finds that overall, non-military government expenditures across African states have played a significant role in minimizing general internal conflict, as well as ethnic and religious conflicts. Using data for 32 African nations for the period 1990-2016, the empirical analyses show that raising overall government expenditure can induce reductions in overall internal, ethnic and religious conflicts. The results suggest that total government expenditure has a stronger impact on the reduction of ethnic conflict on the continent. Empirical outcomes also show that causality varies across countries on the continent, an indication that the relationship between conflict and government expenditure is heterogeneous in nature across the continent. The causal effect of government expenditure is however most widespread for ethnic conflict.en_US
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dc.description.sponsorshipAuthor(s) are grateful to two anonymous reviewers for providing useful comments on an earlier draft of the manuscript. The Author of this article also assures that they follow the springer publishing procedures and agree to publish it as any form of access article confirming to subscribe access standards and licensing. Many thanks in advance. Looking forward to a favorable response. Yours truly, Authorsen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13132-023-01686-y
dc.identifier.issn1868-7865
dc.identifier.issn1868-7873
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85182693262en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-023-01686-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11363/7647
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001145072500001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of The Knowledge Economyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmz20240903_Gen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectConflicten_US
dc.subjectEthnicityen_US
dc.subjectFiscal policyen_US
dc.subjectPanel dataen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.titleDo Fiscal Policy Outcomes Promote Ethno-Religious Stability in African States?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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