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Public investment in transportation infrastructure and economic performance in Portugal

dc.contributor.authorPereira, Alfredo
dc.contributor.authorAndraz, Jorge Miguel
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-10T12:52:45Z
dc.date.available2014-07-10T12:52:45Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2014-06-04T14:09:44Z
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we use a VAR approach to investigate the effects of public investment in transportation infrastructures on private investment, employment, and output in Portugal. Estimation results suggest that public investment crowds in private investment and employment, and has a strong positive effect on output. We estimate that one euro in public investment increases output in the long-term by 9.5 euros, which corresponds to a rate of return of 15.9%. These figures imply that there are strong long-term budgetary benefits from public investment in the form of increased future tax revenues. A closer look at the effects of different types of public investment uncovers the same general patterns. These results are very important from a public policy perspective. They suggest that the strategy followed by the Portuguese authorities of investing in public infrastructures is justified, both from a long-term development perspective and a long-term public budgetary perspective.por
dc.identifier.citationPereira, Alfredo M.; Andraz, Jorge M.Public Investment in Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Performance in Portugal, Review of Development Economics, 9, 2, 177-196, 2005por
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2005.00271.x
dc.identifier.issn1363-6669
dc.identifier.otherAUT: JAN00657;
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/4754
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherWileypor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2005.00271.x/abstractpor
dc.subjectPublic investmentpor
dc.subjectEconomic Performancepor
dc.titlePublic investment in transportation infrastructure and economic performance in Portugalpor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage196por
oaire.citation.issue2por
oaire.citation.startPage177por
oaire.citation.titleReview of Development Economicspor
oaire.citation.volume9por
person.familyNameAndraz
person.givenNameJorge
person.identifier.ciencia-idEC1D-CDFD-EB51
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9209-3344
person.identifier.ridB-5858-2009
person.identifier.scopus-author-id8566879600
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