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 …

Transport infrastructures, spillover effects and regional growth: evidence of the Spanish case

P Cantos, M Gumbau‐Albert, J Maudos - Transport reviews, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The impact of transport infrastructures on the economic growth of both regions and sectors,
distinguishing among modes of transport, is analysed. An attempt is also made to capture …

Infrastructure and education as instruments of regional policy: evidence from Spain

A Fuente, X Vives - Economic policy, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Regional policy and Spain infrastructure and education as instruments of regional policy:
evidence from Spain Governments have often tried to influence the regional distribution of …

Using accessibility indicators and GIS to assess spatial spillovers of transport infrastructure investment

J Gutiérrez, A Condeço-Melhorado, JC Martín - Journal of transport …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a methodology to measure spatial spillovers of transport infrastructure
investment and to monetize them by distributing the costs of the infrastructures envisaged …

Spillover effects of public capital formation: evidence from the Spanish regions

AM Pereira, O Roca-Sagalés - Journal of Urban economics, 2003 - Elsevier
We investigate the existence of regional spillover effects of public capital in Spain. We
estimate VAR models for Spain and its seventeen regions. Estimation results suggest that …

Infrastructures and productivity in the Spanish regions

M Mas, J Maudos, F Pérez, E Uriel - Regional Studies, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract M AS M., M AUDOS J., P ÉREZ F. and U RIEL E.(1996) Infrastructures and
productivity in the Spanish regions, Reg. Studies 30, 641–649. The aim of this paper is to …

Fiscal Policy and Growth in the OECD

A De la Fuente - 1997 - ideas.repec.org
This paper investigates the impact of public expenditures and taxation on economic growth
using panel data for a sample of OECD countries. The empirical results suggest that fiscal …

Transportation and regional economic development: analysis of spatial spillovers in China provincial regions

X Jiang, L Zhang, C Xiong, R Wang - Networks and Spatial Economics, 2016 - Springer
The role of spillover effect of transportation endowment on regional economic development
is analyzed in this paper. We adopt the reduced form from the Solow growth model to …

Do interregional transfers improve the economic performance of poor regions? The case of Spain

T Garcia-Milà, TJ McGuire - International Tax and Public Finance, 2001 - Springer
The 17 regional governments of Spain receive grants from both the central government and
the European Union. The grants are generally redistributive and are intended to stimulate …

Public health capital and productivity in the Spanish regions: A dynamic panel data model

B Rivera, L Currais - World Development, 2004 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impact of public health expenditure and variations in the
composition of this expenditure on economic growth. We develop an extension of the Solow …