Infrastructure and Growth: Empirical Evidence
dc.contributor.author | Egert, Balazs | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kozluk, Tomasz | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sutherland, Douglas | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-11-17T17:00:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-11-17T17:00:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-04-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | RePEc:wdi:papers:2009-957 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/64356 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure investment can have a positive effect on growth that goes beyond the effect of the capital stock because of economies of scale, the existence of network externalities competition enhancing effects. This paper analyses the empirical relationship between infrastructure and economic growth. Time-series results reveal a positive impact of infrastructure investment on growth. They also show that this effect varies across countries and sectors and over time. In some cases, these results reveal evidence of possible over-investment. Bayesian model averaging of cross-section growth regressions confirms that infrastructure investment in telecommunications and the electricity sectors has a robust positive effect on long-term growth (but not in railways and road networks). Furthermore, this effect is highly nonlinear as the impact is stronger if the physical stock is lower. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 1044906 bytes | |
dc.format.extent | 1802 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | wp957 | en_US |
dc.subject | Investment, Infrastructure, Network Industry, Economic Growth, Cointegration, Bayesian Model Averaging | en_US |
dc.subject.other | E22, O11, O40 | en_US |
dc.title | Infrastructure and Growth: Empirical Evidence | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Economics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Business | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | William Davidson Institute | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64356/1/wp957.pdf | |
dc.contributor.authoremail | balazs.egert@oecd.org | en_US |
dc.contributor.authoremail | Tomasz.kozluk@oecd.org | en_US |
dc.contributor.authoremail | douglas.sutherland@oecd.org | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | William Davidson Institute (WDI) - Working Papers |
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