Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76789 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionspapier No. 135
Publisher: 
Helmut-Schmidt-Universität - Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Fächergruppe Volkswirtschaftslehre, Hamburg
Abstract: 
Based on new estimates of public and private capital stocks for 22 OECD countries we study the dynamic effect of public capital on the real gross domestic product using a vector autoregression approach. Whereas most former studies put effort on examining the effects of public capital in a single country, this paper covers a large set of OECD countries. The results show that public capital has a positive effect on output in the short-, medium- and long-run in most countries. In countries where the effect is negative, possible explanations as the different productivities of investments, crowding out or high growth rates of government debt are analyzed.
Subjects: 
Public capital stock
VAR model
Cointegration
OECD countries
JEL: 
C32
E60
H54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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