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Growth and Distributive Effects of Public Infrastructure Investments in China
Zhang, Yumei - 2018
Public infrastructure investments are seen as one of the key engines of economic growth in China. Yet, there is little … quantitative evidence on the growth and distributive effects of public infrastructure investments (PII) in China. This paper … poverty and modestly improves equality. The results not only suggest that increasing PII can drive economic growth in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920734
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Growth and distributive effects of public infrastructure investments in China
Zhang, Yumei; Wang, Xinxin; Chen, Kevin - Partenariat en Politiques Économiques (PEP), … - 2012
Public infrastructure investments are seen as one of the key engines of economic growth in China. Yet, there is little … quantitative evidence on the growth and distributive effects of public infrastructure investments (PII) in China. This paper … poverty and modestly improves equality. The results not only suggest that increasing PII can drive economic growth in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010705770
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The Effects of Infrastructure Development on Growth and Income Distribution
Calderón, César A. - 2016
Calderon and Serven provide an empirical evaluation of the impact of infrastructure development on economic growth and income distribution using a large panel data set encompassing over 100 countries and spanning the years 1960-2000. The empirical strategy involves the estimation of simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012749062
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Labor Market Distortions, Rural-Urban Inequality, and the Opening of China's Economy
Hertel, Thomas W. - 2016
Hertel and Zhai evaluate the impact of two key factor market distortions in China on rural-urban inequality and income … WTO accession, rather than increasing inequality in China, the combined impact of product and factor market reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012749013
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Economic impacts of infrastructure investment with different funding mechanisms : evidence from Guinea-Bissau
Cateia, Júlio Vicente; Savard, Luc; Freitas, Clailton … - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-16
This study aims to analyze the economic impacts of infrastructure investment in Africa, focusing on the Guinea-Bissau economy. Through a dynamic CGE model, we find that the natural resource revenues (or aid)-funded infrastructure investments generate externalities that increase factor returns....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013415486
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The Macroeconomic Impact of Infrastructure Investment : A Review of Channels
Ercolani, Valerio - 2021
This paper provides a critical review of the literature on the macroeconomic effects of public infrastructure investment associated with the main underlying transmission channels. Typically, this type of stimulus fosters economic activity in the medium-to-long run because the public capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013226670
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Taxation, infrastructure investment, growth, and poverty reduction: A case study of Zimbabwe
Lofgren, Hans; Cicowiez, Martín - 2022
In recent decades, Zimbabwe's development record has been disappointing. In the last few years, a severe drought and the Covid-19 pandemic have added to the country's development challenges. This paper is concerned with the long-run need to find a path toward faster growth in GDP, employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014327931
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Taxation, infrastructure investment, growth, and poverty reduction : a case study of Zimbabwe
Lofgren, Hans; Cicowiez, Martín - 2022
In recent decades, Zimbabwe’s development record has been disappointing. In the last few years, a severe drought and the Covid-19 pandemic have added to the country’s development challenges. This paper is concerned with the long-run need to find a path toward faster growth in GDP,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013179460
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Infrastructure development, income inequality, and urban sustainability in the People's Republic of China
Mendoza, Octasiano M. Valerio - 2017
's Republic of China. Recent policies target reductions in income inequality while increasing sustainable urban development … development and city income inequality measures, calculated using the China Household Income Project (CHIP) Surveys, this study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635237
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Project evaluation of transportation projects : an application of financial computable general equilibrium model
Kim, Euijune; Hewings, Geoffrey; Amir, Hidayat - 2015 - Draft
We develop a Financial Computable General Equilibrium Model (FCGE) model that can analyse the economic impacts of the infrastructure investment projects and their financing options on growth and distribution in Indonesia economy. It is possible to estimate growth and distributional effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481783