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Mine-related transport infrastructure specializes in connecting mines to the coast, and not so much to neighboring … countries. This is most clearly seen in developing countries, whose transport infrastructure was originally designed to … infrastructure matters for the pattern of trade of developing countries, and can help explaining their low level of regional …
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The distribution of transport infrastructure across space is the outcome of deliberate government planning that … government activities, the economic forces shaping the endogenous emergence of infrastructure have not been rigorously studied … transport infrastructure investments across continuous space. Allowing for intra- and international trade, the resulting …
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We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel …
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faced and their business environment. The business environment includes physical infrastructure, the availability of an …
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Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure … the links between infrastructure and growth and the role of public policies, reports the results on the links with growth … from a variety of econometric approaches. Time-series results reveal a positive impact of infrastructure investment on …
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Current trends in the distribution of wealth trigger a social divide and threaten democracy. I propose to counter this evolution by enhancing the role of public capital as a redistribution and empowerment device. The governance of public capital requires two novel institutions: a socially...
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This paper traces the 11,000 year evolution of infrastructure systems during major periods of innovation, expansion and … positive feedback between early capital market development and investment in infrastructure innovations that lowered system …-wide transaction costs has been a critical factor in sustaining growth since 1800. The paper sets out a model of infrastructure …
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We study the trade-off between equity and growth in the context of tax-financed investment in public capital. Taking into account stylized facts on wealth accumulation, we model agent heterogeneity through differences in saving behavior, income source and time preference. In contrast to the...
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This paper concerns public input provision as an instrument for redistribution under international outsourcing by using a model-economy comprising two countries, North and South, where firms in the North may outsource part of their low-skilled labor intensive production to the South. We consider...
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The paper analyzes the contribution of public capital to private output using several meta-analytical techniques. Both fixed and random effects models are estimated by Weighted Least Squares. Sample overlap across studies is explicitly controlled for by employing a 'full' Generalized Least...
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