Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30574 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2700
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure investment can have a positive effect on growth that goes beyond the effect of the capital stock because of economies of scale, the existence of network externalities competition enhancing effects. This paper analyses the empirical relationship between infrastructure and economic growth. Time-series results reveal a positive impact of infrastructure investment on growth. They also show that this effect varies across countries and sectors and over time. In some cases, these results reveal evidence of possible over-investment. Bayesian model averaging of cross-section growth regressions confirms that infrastructure investment in telecommunications and the electricity sectors has a robust positive effect on long-term growth (but not in railways and road networks). Furthermore, this effect is highly nonlinear as the impact is stronger if the physical stock is lower.
Subjects: 
investment, infrastructure
network industry
economic growth
cointegration
Bayesian model averaging
JEL: 
E22
O11
O40
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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