Degree Name
Master of Arts
Graduate Program
Economics
Advisor
AKM Mahbub Morshed
Abstract
I use the Zivot Andrews Test and Chow Test to determine if the Arab Spring had any effect on the fiscal expenditure of the selected countries of Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The findings suggest that the Arab Spring played a pivotal role in increasing the fiscal expenditure of Tunisia and a partial role in Saudi Arabia. Egypt and Jordan experienced protests but did not experience fiscal reinvigoration of the public sectors or services. The findings bring to light the political and fiscal dynamics and limitations of the Arab Spring.
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