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Fiscal policy, public expenditure composition and growth. theory and empirics
Willi, Semmlero; Alfred, Greiner; Bobo, Diallo; Anand, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
health facilities which enhance human capital, (b) public infrastructure such as roads and bridges necessary for market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418512
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Central Government's Infrastructure Investment across Chinese Regions: A Dynamic Spatial Panel Data Approach
Zheng, Xinye; Li, Fanghua; Song, Shunfeng; Yu, Yihua - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This study employs spatial panel techniques to examine determinants of regional allocation of infrastructure investment … and efficiency in its decision-making. Last, the political factor plays a significant role in the regional infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113521
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Congestion pricing, infrastructure investment and redistribution
Russo, Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We study congestion pricing by a government that has redistributive concerns, in the presence of optimal income taxation. Individuals differ in (unobservable) earning ability and consumption technology for commodities using a congestible network (e.g. roads, Internet). We find, assuming...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839208
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Strategic Capacity Investment under Holdup Threats: The Role of Contract Length and Width
Durand-Viel, Laure; Villeneuve, Bertrand - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This article analyzes the impact of incomplete contracts’ length on investment in a bilateral relationship. The seller has the power to set the contract terms whereas the buyer decides on the investment level, which acts as a cap on future demand. Two-part tariffs succeed at implementing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636476
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Auctions for Infrastructure Concessions with Demand Uncertainty and Unknown Costs
Nombela, Gustavo; de Rus, Gines - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
Auction mechanisms commonly used in practice for awarding infrastructure concession contracts induce a bias towards the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835519
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Exploring the causal relationship among social, real, monetary and infrastructure development in Pakistan
Iqbal, Javed; Nadeem, Khurram - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
infrastructure development in Pakistan. This is an effort to provide evidence on the two highly debatable issues, i.e. money …, monetary and financial growth and infrastructure development. The data are collected from 1971-72 to 2003-04 on annual basis … assesses that a long-run relationship exists among social, real, monetary and infrastructure activities. The paper has applied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835835
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The Italian expenditure in transport infrastructure: a survey
Beria, Paolo; Brambilla, Marco; Erba, Stefano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
The aim of the paper is to analyse the most important quantitative data on Italian expenditures in transport infrastructures (investment and maintenance costs), linking the expenditure with traffic flows. The analysis concerns rail and road networks (both for national and local roads), over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835909
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Infrastructure in India: Issues in the New Millennium
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Adequate and efficient infrastructure is required for sustainable economic growth and improved quality of life. In this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836505
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Infrastructure and Regional Development: Interlinkages in India
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Imbalances in regional infrastructural availability have been a major reason behind lopsided development in India. This paper examines the veracity of this argument in light of empirical results at the district level using a multidimensional approach with sub-sectoral, sectoral and composite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836546
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INFRASTRUCTURE, GROWTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN KERALA
Pillai N., Vijayamohanan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Kerala has a high status in infrastructure development in India and her experiences in social infrastructure … growth is suggested whereby the human development Kerala had achieved by means of infrastructure development propelled …’). An attempt is also made to correlate quality and freedom in the context of infrastructure development. Defining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836752