Fiscal decentralization and poverty in South Africa : evidence from panel data analysis
| dc.contributor.author | Moche, Tebogo J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Monkam, Nara F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aye, Goodness Chioma | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-19T06:15:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-19T06:15:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the dynamic relationship between fiscal decentralization and poverty in South Africa within a panel data framework. The data used covers the period from 2005 to 2011 for the eight metropolitan municipalities making a total of 56 observations. We use real household consumption expenditure per capita as a proxy for poverty and the ratio of metropolitan expenditure to national government expenditure as fiscal decentralization. The results from a panel VAR estimated with GMM, show a negative short run effect of fiscal decentralization on real household consumption per capita in South Africa. These results have important policy implications. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | am2015 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.businessperspectives.org/component/option,com_journals/id,4 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Moche, TJ, Monkam, N & Aye, GC 2014, 'Fiscal decentralization and poverty in South Africa : evidence from panel data analysis'. Investment Management and Financial Innovations, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 69-76. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1810-4967 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1812-9358 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1813-4998 (cd-rom) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45165 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | LLC “СPС “Business Perspectives” | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © Tebogo J. Moche, Nara Monkam, Goodness C. Aye, 2014. | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Fiscal decentralization | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Municipalities | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Poverty | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Consumption expenditure | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Panel data | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Fiscal decentralization and poverty in South Africa : evidence from panel data analysis | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |