On the heterogeneous impact of public capital and current spending on growth across nations

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 105
Issue: 1
Pages: 32-35

Authors (2)

Gregoriou, Andros (not in RePEc) Ghosh, Sugata (Brunel University)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper captures the heterogeneous impact on growth, of public capital and current spending, for 15 developing countries. Using the GMM system panel estimator, we show that countries with substantial public capital (current) spending have strong negative (positive) growth effects.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:105:y:2009:i:1:p:32-35
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25