The purpose of this paper is to consider the relationship between inflation and government size in OPEC countries during the period 2000-2015. Estimation results from different linear panel models with quadratic form of government size and non-linear panel models including static and dynamic panel threshold models suggest that there is a non-linear relationship between government size and the inflation rate in these countries. The threshold value of government size is estimated as 17.76% for all the threshold panel models with different control variables. Below this threshold value, an increase in government size has a significant negative impact on the inflation rate. When government size grows larger, an increasing government size has a significant positive impact on the inflation rate. This paper suggests that it is possible to explain the contradictory evidence of previous studies by making use of a non-linear model.
Nademi, Y., & Winker, P. (2022). Non-Linear Effects of Government Size on Inflation in OPEC Countries: A Threshold Panel Approach. Iranian Economic Review, 26(1), 199-214. doi: 10.22059/ier.2022.86979
MLA
Younes Nademi; Peter Winker. "Non-Linear Effects of Government Size on Inflation in OPEC Countries: A Threshold Panel Approach". Iranian Economic Review, 26, 1, 2022, 199-214. doi: 10.22059/ier.2022.86979
HARVARD
Nademi, Y., Winker, P. (2022). 'Non-Linear Effects of Government Size on Inflation in OPEC Countries: A Threshold Panel Approach', Iranian Economic Review, 26(1), pp. 199-214. doi: 10.22059/ier.2022.86979
VANCOUVER
Nademi, Y., Winker, P. Non-Linear Effects of Government Size on Inflation in OPEC Countries: A Threshold Panel Approach. Iranian Economic Review, 2022; 26(1): 199-214. doi: 10.22059/ier.2022.86979
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