Despite the burden of an enormous defense budget, the absorption ofimmigrants, its tiny size and the scarcity of natural resources, Israel’s economy,albeit with considerable financial aid from abroad, was able to achieveimpressive growth rates. This was to a great degree accomplished by...

Using time-series cross-section data from the manufacturing sector of the 11Bundesländer from 1970 to 1993, we examine the impact of road infrastructure onprivate production applying three different approaches; i.e., a Cobb-Douglas production function, a translog production function and a...