The impact of government expenditures on economic growth a comparative study between Turkey and Iraq (1990-2020)

Recently, the steady increase in government spending in Iraq and Turkey has demonstrated a clear link between government spending and economic success. Most emerging countries, however, face a significant debt burden, rising inflation, a budget deficit, and a balance of payment deficit. These difficulties may be the result of ineffective domestic policies or foreign shocks. The main issue, it is thought, is the ever-increasing government spending. The majority of current research on the topic focuses on developed countries, and including developing countries in cross-country studies is primarily intended to produce adequate degrees of freedom in the statistical analysis process. Furthermore, current research on the relationship between government spending and economic growth produces contradictory results. The main objective of the study is to compare the impact of government spending on economic growth in Turkey and Iraq (1990-2020). According to the study, there is a link between government investment spending and economic growth in Iraq. It also discovered that current government spending has a short-term impact on economic growth, but no long-term impact on GDP growth in Iraq. Furthermore, the study concluded that there is a link between Turkish government investment spending and GDP growth. However, it discovered no statistically significant effect of current spending on Turkish economic growth. Keywords: Economic Growth, Government Expenditures, ARDL.