This paper analyses the productivity of public expenditures. It follows the branch of literature originated by Aschauer but has also some novel features. First of all, it focuses on the effect of both public investment and public consumption (investment part of public consumption) on private sector productivity. Secondly, empirical evidence is derived from relative large cross-country data that cover more than three decades. For the testing purpose, it uses a production function approach in which (alternative definitions of) public sector capital stocks are allowed to affect total factor productivity. The production relationships are estimated from a panel data that are derived from the data banks of OECD and the World Bank. Empirical findings suggest that, to some extent, the significant deceleration of economic growth in many OECD countries during the last two decades can, in the same way as in the original Aschauer analysis with the US data, be explained by a secular decrease in public sector investment.
Download Info
To download:
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the
proper application to
view it first. Information about this may be contained
in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read
the IDEAS help
page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS
site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
Publisher Info
Paper provided by Government Institute for Economic Research Finland (VATT) in its series Discussion Papers with number
381.
Length: Date of creation: 03 Mar 2006 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:fer:dpaper:381
Contact details of provider: Postal: Arkadiankatu 7, P.O. Box 1279, FI-00101 Helsinki Phone: +358 40 304 5500 Fax: +358 9 4780 2929 Email: Web page: http://www.vatt.fi/ More information through EDIRC
Order Information: Email:
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its listing, contact: (Anita Niskanen).