Testing Wagner's law form MENA countries:1990-2012

This paper tests Wagner's law of increasing state activity using panels of MENA countries during the period 1990-2012. The paper's main methodological contribution is in that we employ a panel unit root, panel cointegration and Granger causality testing approach. Overall, we find evidence in support of Wagner's law for MENA countries during the period 1990-2012

کلیدواژه ها:

Wagner’s law ، panel cointegration ، MENA countries ، Granger causality