On the Capacity to Absorb Public Investment : How Much is Too Much? /

While expanding public investment can help filling infrastructure bottlenecks, scaling up too much and too fast often leads to inefficient outcomes. This paper rationalizes this outcome looking at the association between cost inflation and public investment in a large sample of road construction pro...

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Hovedforfatter: Gurara, Daniel
Andre forfattere: Kpodar, Kangni, Presbitero, Andrea, Tessema, Dawit
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/048
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