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International Aspects of Public Infrastructure Investment

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P. Demetriades () (South Bank University Business School)

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Modelling infrastructure as an international public good in a two country model of trade where each country's social planner behaves strategically, we show that the equilibrium levels of infrastructure are sub-optimal from a global perspective. Utilising an appropriate econometric framework and data from 14 countries over the period 1971-90, we find evidence that accords well with the main predictions of our theory. Thus, we are able to offer a plausible theoretical explanation why public capital may be under-supplied, as suggested by previous empirical literature.

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Paper provided by London South Bank University CIBS in its series CIBS Research Papers in International Business with number 8-98.

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Date of creation: 1998
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F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
F42 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - International Policy Coordination and Transmission
H42 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Private Goods

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