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| Title: | | Is there a lack of public capital in the European Union?  |
| Authors: | | Kamps, Christophe |
| Issue Date: | | 2005 |
| Citation: | | [Journal:] EIB Papers [ISSN:] 0257-7755 [Volume:] 10 [Year:] 2005 [Issue:] 1 [Pages:] 73-93 |
| Abstract: | | This paper investigates whether there is a lack of public capital in European Union countries. The analysis builds on a new database providing internationally comparable capital stock estimates for 22 OECD countries, among these 14 EU countries, for the period 1960-2001. A simple model of endogenous growth is used in order to highlight the inherently nonlinear relationship between public capital and economic growth and to derive a measure of the growth-maximising public capital stock. Against this background, the empirical analysis provides estimates of the growth-maximising level of public capital for EU countries. The empirical results suggest that there currently is no lack of public capital in most 'old' EU countries. |
| Document Type: | | Article |
| Appears in Collections: | | EIB Papers, European Investment Bank
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