The effect of public infrastructure on private activity : evidence from the Spanish regions
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2001
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Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Se considera una medición de las infraestructuras públicas productivas para la economía española y se investiga la relación técnica existente entre los diferentes inputs que influyen sobre la producción, lo que permite ofrecer información acerca de cómo las infraestructuras se introducen en el proceso de producción.
This paper considers the measurement of infrastructure capital in the Spanish economy and investigates the technical relation among the inputs, which offers information about the way infrastructure enters in the production process. Using a translog production function we present panel estimates for the 17 Spanish regions for the period 1980-1995. The results indicate that productive infrastructure encourages private investment and can therefore be considered to be essential for economic growth.