Do Public Expenditures and Macroeconomic Uncertainty Matters for Private Investment? Evidence from Pakistan

The Pakistan Development Review 46 : 2 (Summer 2007) pp. 145 – 161

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Imtiaz Ahmad

The Planning Commission of Pakistan

Abdul Qayyum

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)

Date Written: 2007

Abstract

This study examines the role of macroeconomic uncertainty and public expenditure in determining private fixed investment in Pakistan. It is founded that individual series are non-stationary. There is a long-run relationship between private fixed investment, public consumption expenditure, public development expenditure, and market activates. It is revealed that public development expenditure stimulates private investment, whereas public fixed investment function confirms that in the short run, public development expenditure enhances private investment. Moreover, macroeconomic instability and uncertainty depresses private investment in Pakistan.

Keywords: Private Investment, Public Expenditure, Macroeconomic Uncertainty, Co-integration, Pakistan

JEL Classification: E22

Suggested Citation

Ahmad, Imtiaz and Qayyum, Abdul, Do Public Expenditures and Macroeconomic Uncertainty Matters for Private Investment? Evidence from Pakistan (2007). The Pakistan Development Review 46 : 2 (Summer 2007) pp. 145 – 161, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=

Imtiaz Ahmad

The Planning Commission of Pakistan ( email )

Pakistan

Abdul Qayyum (Contact Author)

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) ( email )

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)
P.O.Box 1091
Islamabad, Federal Capital 44000
Pakistan

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