The Effect of Copper Price Shock on the Relationship between Government Revenue and Expenditure: Testing the Fiscal Stability Law of Mongolia

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https://doi.org/10.5564/pmas.v59i4.1294

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Mongolia, copper price shock, government revenue, government expenditure, vector auto regression (VAR), Fiscal Stability Law (FSL)

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This study empirically investigates the relationship between government revenue, government expenditure and the copper price in Mongolia, a resource abundant country. Using quarterly data of government revenue, expenditure and international copper price from 2000 to 2015, the results of auto regression (VAR) show that there is a strong causality from revenue to expenditure, while increase in expenditure, most likely, is not accompanied by rises in revenue. This result is consistent with the revenue-spent hypothesis. Moreover, the result also indicates that copper price shock increases revenue, but decreases expenditure. This finding supports the assumption that the Mongolian government follows its Fiscal Stability Law, a strategy that intends to maintain the stability and sustainability of the government budget.

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2020-03-30

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Bayarsaikhan, A. (2020). The Effect of Copper Price Shock on the Relationship between Government Revenue and Expenditure: Testing the Fiscal Stability Law of Mongolia. Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 59(4), 27–33. https://doi.org/10.5564/pmas.v59i4.1294

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