Some Misconceptions about Public Investment Efficiency and Growth /

We reconsider the macroeconomic implications of public investment efficiency, defined as the ratio between the actual increment to public capital and the amount spent. We show that, in a simple and standard model, increases in public investment spending in inefficient countries do not have a lower i...

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Autor Principal: Berg, Andrew
Outros autores: Buffie, Edward, Pattillo, Catherine, Portillo, Rafael
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/272
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF