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US affiliates, infrastructure and growth: A simultaneous investigation of critical mass

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  • Derek Kellenberg

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A structural model of a small open economy is developed that demonstrates how the impacts of infrastructure on GDP, factor productivity, and multinational industrial location can be decomposed into direct and indirect general equilibrium effects. The model is then estimated on a panel of 28 countries and it is found that schools and telecommunications have a positive and significant direct effect on domestic growth and that there are greater marginal returns for countries with higher investment levels; a result that is suggestive of a critical mass story. However, once spurious correlation of firm location and the indirect effects through wages and multinational activity are accounted for, the total effects of telecommunications and schools on growth are found to be higher than direct estimates would suggest. The results reveal important implications for understanding the channels through which infrastructure influences growth.

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  • Derek Kellenberg, 2009. "US affiliates, infrastructure and growth: A simultaneous investigation of critical mass," The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(3), pages 311-345.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jitecd:v:18:y:2009:i:3:p:311-345
    DOI: 10.1080/09638190902986488
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    1. Agénor, Pierre-Richard & Neanidis, Kyriakos C., 2015. "Innovation, public capital, and growth," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 252-275.
    2. Kellenberg, Derek, 2012. "Trading wastes," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 64(1), pages 68-87.
    3. Alberto Bucci, 2012. "Public Capital, Private Capital and Economic Growth," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, vol. 120(2), pages 149-180.
    4. Alberto Bucci, 2013. "Agénor, Pierre-Richard: Public capital, growth and welfare. Analytical foundations for public policy," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 110(3), pages 297-301, November.
    5. Derek Kellenberg, 2015. "Infrastructure, Multinational Affiliate Production, and the Pattern of Trade," International Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(3), pages 475-502, September.
    6. Gómez-Barroso, José Luis & Marbán-Flores, Raquel, 2020. "Telecommunications and economic development – The 21st century: Making the evidence stronger," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 44(2).

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