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Public expenditure is an important component of national income and greatly affect economic growth. The size, composition and timing of public expenditures are at the center of economic policies implemented to fight against economic problems, as well as affecting economic growth and development. There is an extensive literature on the effects of government spending on economic growth. While the Keynesian view argues that there is a positive relationship between public expenditures and economic growth, a few studies in the literature claim that public expenditures affect economic growth negatively. The aim of this study is to contribute to similar studies in the literature by analyzing the effect of public expenditures on economic growth in Turkey according to the types of public expenditures. For this purpose, data on economic growth and public expenditure types for Turkey's 1980-2017 period were used. The data set was created to include the pre-pandemic so that the negative picture in the economy due to the Covid-19 Pandemic does not affect the analysis. In this direction, ARDL analysis was used to test the relationship between the variables, and according to the findings, it was determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between public expenditures and economic growth in Turkey.

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