Infrastructure investment and economic growth, relevance of institutional factors

 

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Authors: Esquivel Monge, Manfred, Loaiza Marín, Kerry
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2018
Description:We quantify the effect of infrastructure investment on economic growth and test whether that effect is conditioned by institutional factors. This is done by estimating dynamic panel data models with instrumental variables using GMM estimation. Results are in line with those reported by previous studies in terms of the magnitude of the effect of infrastructure on economic growth. Evidence suggests that bad institutions lessen the potential expansive effect of infrastructure investment. Latin American countries would be restraining the expansive potential of their infrastructure investment by showing unfavorable institutional performance. The same would be happening with mid and low-income countries.
Country:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/10382
Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/economia/article/view/10382
Keyword:Infrastructure
growth
institutions
economic freedom
corruption
Infraestructura
crecimiento
instituciones
libertad económica
corrupción.
Infraestrutura
crescimento
instituições
liberdade econômica
corrupção