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Marginal product of equipment and structures capital

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  • Mutreja, Piyusha

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Is physical capital efficiently allocated across countries? In this paper, I revisit this question and examine allocation of equipment and structures capital. I measure returns to equipment and structures capital for 91 countries in 2004. The return to equipment is higher in poor countries while the return to structures capital is similar across countries, implying a cross-country misallocation of equipment. Deadweight loss from the equipment misallocation is approximately 3.6 percent of the world income.

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  • Mutreja, Piyusha, 2024. "Marginal product of equipment and structures capital," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 234(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:234:y:2024:i:c:s0165176523005116
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111485
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    Keywords

    Machinery; Producer durables; Buildings; Capital flow;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity

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