This paper proposes an assessment of the non-linear relationship between public deficit and public investment in debt situation. We use an endogenous growth model, with productive public spending, that we test empirically using the interaction model of Brambor and al. (2006), over the period...

We will study in this paper the relation between public investment, public debt and fiscal rules in the European Union countries. The strict fiscal rules imposed by EU have negatively affected the investments. The decline in public investment in European Union is related to the fiscal rules...