What have we learned from three decades of research on the productivity of public capital?

PRD Bom, JE Ligthart - Journal of economic surveys, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The last three decades have witnessed a great deal of research effort devoted to measuring
the private output elasticity of public capital. The wide range of available estimates have …

Infrastructure and economic development in Africa: A review

M Ayogu - Journal of African Economies, 2007 - academic.oup.com
We survey the theoretical literature on infrastructure and growth. Then review the empirical
evidence globally and within the region. Overall we can conclude that the question is not …

The nexus between infrastructure (quantity and quality) and economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa

C Chakamera, P Alagidede - International Review of Applied …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the growth effects of infrastructure stock and quality in Sub Saharan
Africa (SSA). While previous studies established that the poor state of infrastructure in SSA …

Returns to local and transport infrastructure under regional spillovers

R Moreno, E López-Bazo - International Regional Science …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
This article pays special attention to the spatial dimension of public capital in regional
economic growth. We assume that the effect of infrastructure on productivity depends on the …

How productive is public capital? A meta-analysis

P Bom, JE Ligthart - 2008 - papers.ssrn.com
The paper analyzes the contribution of public capital to private output using several meta-
analytical techniques. Both fixed and random effects models are estimated by Weighted …

Criticality of a regional airport development to mitigate covid-19 economic effects

D Dimitriou, M Sartzetaki - Case Studies on Transport Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The current COVID-19 crisis is having major impact on businesses across the world. This
Insight focusses on investment in transport infrastructure as one of the key tools to enforce …

Оценка влияния транспортной инфраструктуры на социально-экономическое развитие региона

ЮН Гольская - автореф... канд. экон. наук, 2013 - static.freereferats.ru
Актуальность темы исследования. Важнейшая задача современного этапа
социальноэкономического развития российских регионов заключается в обеспе чении …

Assessment of socioeconomic impact diversification from transport infrastructure projects: The case of a new regional airport

D Dimitriou, M Sartzetaki - Transportation Research Record, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In most cases, the decision to invest in a new airport is not simple, mainly because of the
complications in the planning process, the amount of capital that needs to be invested …

Network infrastructure spillover in private productive sectors: evidence from Spanish high capacity roads

MJ Delgado, I Álvarez - Applied Economics, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Interest in public infrastructure research has been a subject of increasing concern to
economists and policy-makers. This article aims at analysing the locational impact of the …

Is public capital productive? Evidence from a meta‐analysis

JA Núñez‐Serrano… - … Perspectives and Policy, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Debate exists over the role that public investment must play in economic recovery and
economic growth. The underlying idea behind this debate has much to do with the value of …