Similar Search Results

Economic analysis and infrastructure investment

Glaeser, Edward L. (ed.); Poterba, James M. (ed.) - Economics of infrastructure investment <Veranstaltung> …; … - 2021

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013342882

Funding Scientific Knowledge : Selection, Disclosure and the Public-Private Portfolio

Gans, Joshua - 2011

This paper examines argues that while two distinct perspectives characterize the foundations of the public funding of research - filling a selection gap and solving a disclosure problem - in fact both the selection choices of public funders and their criteria for disclosure and commercialization...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461677

Long-term effects of the Inca Road

Franco, Ana Paula; Galiani, Sebastián; Lavado, Pablo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

The Inca Empire was the last of a long series of highly developed cultures in pre-colonial South America. It stretched across parts of the current territories of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and the whole of Peru. The Inca Road was its 30,000-kilometer-long transportation system....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599269

Efficient Local Government Service Provision : The Role of Privatization and Public Sector Unions

Jerch, Rhiannon - 2016

among top 20 largest cities by population. We estimate the cost savings from privatization and explore the political economy … of why privatization rates are lower in high cost unionized areas. Our analysis finds that the full privatizaton could …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456586

All Clear for Takeoff : Evidence from Airports on the Effects of Infrastructure Privatization

Howell, Sabrina T.; Jang, Yeejin; Kim, Hyeik; Weisbach, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Infrastructure assets have undergone substantial privatization in recent decades. How do different types of owners …; instead, infrastructure funds improve performance both in privatization and subsequent acquisitions from non-PE private firms …)--matter? We explore these questions in the context of global airports, which like other infrastructure assets have been privatized …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435106

Committing to Grow : Privatizations and Firm Dynamics in East Germany

Akcigit, Ufuk; Alp, Harun; Diegmann, André; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper investigates a unique policy designed to maintain employment during the privatization of East German firms …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337877

Household Credit as Stimulus? Evidence from Brazil

Garber, Gabriel; Mian, Atif; Ponticelli, Jacopo; Sufi, Amir - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

From 2011 to 2014, the Brazilian government conducted a heavily advertised major credit expansion program through government banks as part of its effort to stimulate the economy. Using administrative data on individual-level borrowing and spending, we find that the program led to a substantial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660064