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Transport infrastructure is a regular subject of discussion around market failure and market intervention. Both … the usage of infrastructure capacity is analyzed. Results of the empirical analysis show that the number of active ground …
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This paper surveys the main issues and controversies in the economic literature on infrastructure in developing … countries. Section I reviews the evidence on the role of infrastructure in promoting economic growth. It is argued that …, although infrastructure may be more important for growth than other types of capital, the exact size and form of its effect is …
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concession models. Next, theoretical backgrounds and rules of thumb for risk allocation in concessions for road infrastructure …
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disparate distribution of infrastructure, and that of education, and to an extent by a number of macroeconomic indicators; that …
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distribution of infrastructure and to an extent by a number of macroeconomic indicators; that of, capital expenditure and fiscal …
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factors governing entry rates, especially in the context of developing countries. Using 3-digit industry level data from India … institutional and legacy factors. We also find evidence to suggest that, in India, entry rates were positively associated with …
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We study the impact of loan regulation in rural India on child labor with an overlapping-generations model of formal …
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We work with a panel of bilateral trade flows from 1988 to 2002, exploring the influence of infrastructure … the institutions and infrastructure literature in this respect, using selection-based gravity modeling of trade flows. We … also depart from this literature by mixing principal components (to condense our institutional and infrastructure measures …
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. The government is seen to produce a productive factor interpreted as infrastructure. Infrastructure is both nonrival and …
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This paper explores the procurement of public buildings in local authorities in the UK under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its consequences for small and medium sized enterprises. Following an outline of the development of PFI in the UK, the paper explains the peculiarities of local...
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