Measuring and Analyzing the Impact of Government Spending on Iraqi Exports For The Period (2004-2022)

This study addresses the issue of government spending and exports, a prominent topic of interest to researchers. It seeks to analyze and measure the impact of government spending on exports in Iraq. The study focuses on reviewing the reality and structure of government spending and exports, in addition to examining the associated financial and commercial impacts. The study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach to clarify the theoretical aspect of both government spending and exports. It also uses an inductive approach by applying modern econometric models based on the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) methodology. Annual data covering the period from (2004 -2022) was used to analyze the relationship between government spending and exports using the Eviews.9 program. The results showed a direct relationship between government spending as an independent variable and Iraqi exports as a dependent variable. It was found that an increase in government spending by (1) billion dinars leads to an increase in Iraqi exports by (930) million dinars, which is in line with established economic theories.