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Infrastructures and Productivity in the Spanish Regions

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Matilde Mas
Joaquín Maudos
Francisco Pérez
Ezequiel Uriel

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MAS M., MAUDOS J., PÉREZ F. and URIEL E. (1996) Infrastructures and productivity in the Spanish regions, Reg. Studies 30, 641--649. The aim of this paper is to analyse the role of public capital, the types of infrastructures in which it is invested and their territorial distribution in the gains in productivity of the private sector in the Spanish regions in the period 1964--91 using panel data techniques to control for unobserved state-specific characteristics. The results obtained show how the infrastructures most directly linked to the productive process present a significant and positive effect on productivity. They also show the importance of the network effect of the infrastructures of a productive nature as well as a decrease in the elasticity associated with such infrastructures as development progresses. MAS M., MAUDOS J., PÉREZ F. et URIEL E. (1996) Les infrastructures et la productivité aux régions espagnoles, Reg. Studies 30, 641--649. Cet article cherche à analyser le rôle du capital public, les infrastructures dans lesquelles le capital se voit investir, et leur distribution géographique quant aux gains de productivité du secteur privé aux régions espagnoles sur la période de 1964 à 1991. On utilise des techniques de données réunies afin de tenir compte des caractéristiques inobservées spécifiques à l'Etat. Les résultats obtenus démontrent dans quelle mesure les infrastructures qui se rapportent le plus étroitement à la méthode de production ont un effet sensible et positif sur la productivité. Ils démontrent aussi l'importance de l'effet réseau des infrastructures du type productif ainsi qu'une baisse de l'élasticité associée à de telles infrastructures au fur et à mesure que le développement progresse. MAS M., MAUDOS J., PÉREZ F. und URIEL E. (1996) Infrastruktur und Produktivität in den Regionen Spaniens, Reg. Studies 30, 641--649. Dieser Aufsatz hat es sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die Rolle von öffentlichen Kapitalmitteln und Arten der Infrastrukturen, in denen sie investiert werden, zu analysieren, sowie deren gebietsweise Verteilung beim Anstieg der Produktivität des Privatsektors der Regionen Spaniens im Zeitraum 1964--1991, wobei 'Panel’ Datentechnik zur überprüfung unbeobachteter, dem Staate eigener charakteristischer Merkmale benutzt wird. Die sie erzielten Ergebnisse zeigen, wie die am engsten mit dem Produktionsprozeß verknüpften Infrastrukturen eine bedeutende und positive Wirkung auf die Produktionsleistung ausüben. Darüber hinaus zeigen sie sowohl die Bedeutung des Netzeffektes der produktionsorientierten Infrastrukturen auf als auch ein Nachlassen der Anpassungsfähigkeit, die bei fortschreitender Entwicklung mit solchen Infrastrukturen in Verbindung gebracht werden.

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Volume (Year): 30 (1996)
Issue (Month): 7 (November)
Pages: 641-649
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Keywords: Productivity; Infrastructures; Economic development;

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  1. Aschauer, David Alan, 1989. "Is public expenditure productive?," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 23(2), pages 177-200, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Kevin T. Duffy-Deno & Randall W. Eberts, 1989. "Public infrastructure and regional economic development: a simultaneous equations approach," Working Paper 8909, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Ezequiel Uriel Jiménez & Francisco Pérez García & Matilde Mas Ivars & Joaquín Maudos Villarroya, 1993. "Disparidades Regionales Y Convergencia En Las Cc.Aa. Españolas," Working Papers. Serie EC 1993-05, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie). [Downloadable!]
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  5. Gramlich, Edward M, 1994. "Infrastructure Investment: A Review Essay," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 32(3), pages 1176-96, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Bajo-Rubio, Oscar & Sosvilla-Rivero, Simon, 1993. "Does public capital affect private sector performance? : An analysis of the Spanish case, 1964-1988," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 10(3), pages 179-185, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  7. Ezequiel Uriel Jiménez & Francisco Pérez García & Matilde Mas Ivars, 1993. "Dotaciones Del Capital Público Y Su Distribución Regional En España," Working Papers. Serie EC 1993-04, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie). [Downloadable!]
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