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Sustainability of fiscal policy in Poland in the period 2004–2017


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Estimation results of the fiscal reaction functions for Poland from 2008 Q4 to 2017 Q2

CoefficientsEstimateStd. errorF-statisticp-ValueAdjusted R-squared
(Intercept)–12.148773.5147511.23 on 4 and 30 DF1.093E–050.5461
PS40.468720.11830
OG0.199210.07687
OG40.088740.04901
D40.217660.06726

Estimation results of fiscal reaction functions for Poland from 2008 Q4 to 2017 Q2 for the gross consolidated debt without the effect of the redemption of the government bond share of the open pension funds

CoefficientsEstimateStd. errorF-statisticp-ValueAdjusted R-squared
(Intercept)–17.262223.7253017.76on 4 and 45 DF3.857E–070.6908
PS40.254400.13643
OG0.155160.08800
OG40.064020.05499
D40.289410.06353

Values of test statistic and critical values of trace statistic of Lütkepohl-Saikkonen-Trenkler test

Number of vectorsTest10%5%1%
r <= 26.305.426.7910.04
r <= 119.3013.7815.8319.85
r = 035.125.9328.4533.76

Estimation results of the fiscal reaction functions for Poland from 2004 Q1 to 2008 Q3

CoefficientsEstimateStd. errorF-statisticp-ValueAdjusted R-squared
(Intercept)–26.8272820.44002.547 on 4 and 10 DF0.10510.3065
PS40.629890.34854
OG–0.081500.08279
OG40.187910.19003
D40.577350.42912

Unit root test results of primary surplus (PS), public debt stock (D), and output gap (OG) for Poland

VariableADFPPKPSSZA (intercept and trend)
OrderTest statisticCritical value at a=5%Break
Primary surplus (PS)I(2)I(0)I(0)I(2)–12.2056–4.82010 Q4
Public debt stock (D)I(I)I(I)I(I)I(2)–5.8836–4.82014 Q1
Output gap (OG)I(0)I(I)I(I)I(0)–6.7067–5.082008 Q4

Values of the test statistic and the critical values of the maximal eigenvalue statistic of the Johansen procedure

Number of vectorsTest10%5%1%
r <= 23.746.58.1811.65
r <= 18.1012.9114.919.19
r = 027.0718.921.0725.75

Estimation results of fiscal reaction function for Poland from 2004 Q1 to 2017 Q2

CoefficientsEstimateStandard errorF-statisticp-ValueAdjusted R-squared
(Intercept)–8.489622.998327.441 on 4 and 45 DF1.09E–040.3446
PS40.550590.12596
OG0.066350.04602
OG4–0.016980.04840
D40.154180.06012

Estimation results of fiscal reaction functions for Poland from 2004 Q1 to 2017 Q2 for gross consolidated debt without the effect of the redemption of the government bond share of the open pension funds

CoefficientsEstimateStd. errorF-statisticp-ValueAdjusted R-squared
(Intercept)–7.376352.113268.601 on 4 and 45 DF3.034E–050.3829
PS40.498100.12235
OG0.073570.04482
OG4–0.015760.04644
D40.125230.04005