Well-developed infrastructure systems and services are vital means of enhancing the connectivity of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies. In essence, efforts by APEC to enhance connectivity through infrastructure should be considered regional public goods since these create...

There are growing infrastructure needs in the APEC region as their economies have expanded. However, both developing and developed economies face infrastructure gaps because of the mismatch between infrastructure demands and supplies. Developing countries require developing and constructing new...

This paper quantitatively assesses the macroeconomic effects of the recently agreed U.S. bipartisan infrastructure spending bill in a neoclassical growth model. We add to the literature by considering a more detailed tax structure, different types of infrastructure spending and linkages between...