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This paper cites statistics published by the World Economic Forum and concludes that there is no infrastructure crisis … infrastructure, which places it firmly in the top 8 percent in terms of infrastructure development. Thus, it is not reasonable to … argue or conclude that there is an infrastructure crisis …
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manufacturing. Finally, we find evidence consistent with the hypothesis that national infrastructure (i.e., transport …-related infrastructure and rail lines) can alleviate the lagging behind of landlocked regions. …
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Faced with historically low interest rates, investors are looking further into illiquid assets such as infrastructure … analyzes the key performance and risk characteristics of the EDHECinfra global unlisted infrastructure equity index when … compared to the main global listed infrastructure indices during the 2001-2018 period. The descriptive statistics method is …
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The article summarises the essence of airport infrastructure and explores the roles of production airport … infrastructure in the world air transport system. It is noted that airport infrastructure is a complex dynamic subsystem of global … production infrastructure of the world economy and is aimed at providing competitive air transportation services. It is …
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We construct comprehensive and comparable indices on the most relevant components of economic infrastructure. An … period 1990-2010. We map major findings from the new indices on infrastructure and provide country rankings, which we also … compare with subjective assessments of infrastructure in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report. Finally, we …
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Making use of considerably improved measures of infrastructure, we assess the impact of infrastructure on bilateral …-linear effects of overall infrastructure and infrastructure in transportation, communication, energy, and finance on trade in … of the gravity model. Importantly, we still observe significant and non-linear effects of infrastructure on bilateral …
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This study analyzes the determinants of stress in public-private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure investment …
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This paper offers an evaluation of the output contribution of infrastructure. Drawing from a large data set of … infrastructure stocks covering 88 countries and spanning the years 1960-2000, and using a panel time-series approach, the paper … infrastructure given by the first principal component of infrastructure endowments in transport, power and telecommunications. Tests …
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We develop a model in which public capital is both an engine of growth and a determinant of the distributions of wealth, income, and welfare. Government investment increases wealth inequality over time, regardless of its financing. The time path of income inequality is, however, highly sensitive...
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supply of social infrastructure. If successfully pursued, PPP can deliver benefits to users, governments, and the private … renegotiation of PPPs. PPPs are not a must-have solution but an option for building and upgrading infrastructure. In conclusion … promoting the PPP modality for infrastructure. …
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