Fiscal Policies and Political Economy

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Across the international audit and public governance literature, the OECD and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) increasingly framed internal audit as a risk-based and continuous assurance function rather than a retrospective and compliance-checking exercise. In small-state local government systems such as Malta…

This study investigates the relationship between fiscal policy, institutional frameworks, and economic growth acrossThis study investigates the relationship between fiscal policy, institutional frameworks, and economic growth across a broad set of economies, covering both advanced and emerging markets. Using global pa…

Realizing human rights depends not only on legal frameworks but also on how governments mobilize and allocate fiscal resources. Human rights-based budgeting links fiscal decisions to rights outcomes. This issue is particularly relevant for Turkey, where democratic fluctuations and shifting political priorities have sh…

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This study empirically investigates the factors affecting macroeconomic stability across 79 countries spanning low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income groups, using data from 2000 to 2023. A Macroeconomic Stability Index was constructed using a z-score method combining inflation rate, inflation volatility, go…

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Bu çalışma, Türkiye'de orta vadeli mali plan (OVP) ve orta vadeli mali plan (OVMP) uygulamalarını, 5018 sayılı Kamu Mali Yönetimi ve Kontrol Kanunu ile şekillenen kurumsal yapı ekseninde incelemektedir. 2001 krizi sonrasında benimsenen çok yıllı bütçeleme anlayışı, mali saydamlık ve stratejik kaynak tahsisi ilkelerini…

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This study examines the relationship between government expenditure, corruption, and income in Nigeria over the period 1996–2023 using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach and Toda–Yamamoto causality technique. The study is motivated by persistent concerns that rising public expenditure in Nigeria has no…

This study examines the relationship between government expenditure, corruption, and income in Nigeria over the period 1996–2023 using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach and Toda–Yamamoto causality technique. The study is motivated by persistent concerns that rising public expenditure in Nigeria has no…

This study examines the effect of government expenditure on per capita income in Nigeria, with gross fixed capital formation and inflation included as control variables. The study is motivated by the persistent mismatch between rising public expenditure and weak improvements in living standards in Nigeria. Annual time…