Infrastructure investment and economic growth, relevance of institutional factors

We quantify the effect of infrastructure investment on economic growth and test whether that effect is conditioned by institutional factors. This is done by estimating dynamic panel data models with instrumental variables using GMM estimation. Results are in line with those reported by previous stud...

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Autores: Esquivel Monge, Manfred, Loaiza Marín, Kerry
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Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
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Palavra-chave:Infrastructure
growth
institutions
economic freedom
corruption
Infraestructura
crecimiento
instituciones
libertad económica
corrupción.
Infraestrutura
crescimento
instituições
liberdade econômica
corrupção
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spelling Infrastructure investment and economic growth, relevance of institutional factorsInversión en infraestructura y crecimiento económico, relevancia de factores institucionalesInvestimento em infraestrutura e crescimento econômico, relevância de fatores institucionaisEsquivel Monge, ManfredLoaiza Marín, KerryInfrastructuregrowthinstitutionseconomic freedomcorruptionInfraestructuracrecimientoinstitucioneslibertad económicacorrupción.Infraestruturacrescimentoinstituiçõesliberdade econômicacorrupçãoWe quantify the effect of infrastructure investment on economic growth and test whether that effect is conditioned by institutional factors. This is done by estimating dynamic panel data models with instrumental variables using GMM estimation. Results are in line with those reported by previous studies in terms of the magnitude of the effect of infrastructure on economic growth. Evidence suggests that bad institutions lessen the potential expansive effect of infrastructure investment. Latin American countries would be restraining the expansive potential of their infrastructure investment by showing unfavorable institutional performance. The same would be happening with mid and low-income countries.Se cuantifica el efecto que tiene la inversión en infraestructura sobre el crecimiento económico y si está condicionado por factores de índole institucional mediante modelos dinámicos de panel con variables instrumentales y técnica GMM. Los resultados son coherentes con estudios previos en cuanto a la magnitud del efecto de la infraestructura sobre el crecimiento. Se halla evidencia de que factores institucionales inciden significativamente en el potencial efecto expansivo de la infraestructura. Se encuentra que países de América Latina estarían limitando el potencial expansivo de su inversión en infraestructura al presentar indicadores de desempeño institucional desfavorables. Lo mismo estaría sucediendo con países de ingreso medio y bajo.Quantifica-se o efeito que o investimento tem em infraestrutura sobre o crescimento econômico, e se está condicionado por fatores de índole institucional através de modelos de painéis dinâmicos com variáveis instrumentais e técnica GMM. Os resultados são coerentes com estudos prévios quanto à magnitude do efeito da infraestrutura sobre o crescimento. Há evidências de que os fatores institucionais têm impacto significativo no potencial efeito expansivo da infraestrutura. Verifica-se que países da América Latina estariam limitando o potencial expansivo de seu investimento em infraestrutura, apresentando indicadores de desempenho institucional desfavoráveis. O mesmo estaria acontecendo com países de baixa e média renda.Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica2018-04-06info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionartículo originalhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdftext/htmlapplication/epub+ziphttps://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/economia/article/view/1038210.15359/eys.23-53.3Economía y Sociedad; Vol. 23 No. 53 (2018): Economía & Sociedad (enero-junio); 40-61Economía y Sociedad; Vol. 23 Núm. 53 (2018): Economía & Sociedad (enero-junio); 40-61Economía y Sociedad; v. 23 n. 53 (2018): Economía & Sociedad (enero-junio); 40-612215-34031409-1070reponame:Portal de Revistas UNAinstname:Universidad Nacional de Costa Ricainstacron:UNAspahttps://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/economia/article/view/10382/13539https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/economia/article/view/10382/14437https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/economia/article/view/10382/14444Derechos de autor 2018 Economía y Sociedadacceso abiertohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2023-02-09T21:04:13Zoai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/10382Portal de revistashttp://revistas.una.ac.cr/Universidadhttp://www.una.ac.crhttps://revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/index/oaiandrea.mora.campos@una.crCosta RicaNo aplicaNo aplicaNo aplicaopendoar:2023-02-09T21:04:13Portal de Revistas UNA - Universidad Nacional de Costa Ricafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Infrastructure investment and economic growth, relevance of institutional factors
Inversión en infraestructura y crecimiento económico, relevancia de factores institucionales
Investimento em infraestrutura e crescimento econômico, relevância de fatores institucionais
title Infrastructure investment and economic growth, relevance of institutional factors
spellingShingle Infrastructure investment and economic growth, relevance of institutional factors
Esquivel Monge, Manfred
Infrastructure
growth
institutions
economic freedom
corruption
Infraestructura
crecimiento
instituciones
libertad económica
corrupción.
Infraestrutura
crescimento
instituições
liberdade econômica
corrupção
title_short Infrastructure investment and economic growth, relevance of institutional factors
title_full Infrastructure investment and economic growth, relevance of institutional factors
title_fullStr Infrastructure investment and economic growth, relevance of institutional factors
title_full_unstemmed Infrastructure investment and economic growth, relevance of institutional factors
title_sort Infrastructure investment and economic growth, relevance of institutional factors
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Esquivel Monge, Manfred
Loaiza Marín, Kerry
author Esquivel Monge, Manfred
author_facet Esquivel Monge, Manfred
Loaiza Marín, Kerry
author_role author
author2 Loaiza Marín, Kerry
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Infrastructure
growth
institutions
economic freedom
corruption
Infraestructura
crecimiento
instituciones
libertad económica
corrupción.
Infraestrutura
crescimento
instituições
liberdade econômica
corrupção
topic Infrastructure
growth
institutions
economic freedom
corruption
Infraestructura
crecimiento
instituciones
libertad económica
corrupción.
Infraestrutura
crescimento
instituições
liberdade econômica
corrupção
description We quantify the effect of infrastructure investment on economic growth and test whether that effect is conditioned by institutional factors. This is done by estimating dynamic panel data models with instrumental variables using GMM estimation. Results are in line with those reported by previous studies in terms of the magnitude of the effect of infrastructure on economic growth. Evidence suggests that bad institutions lessen the potential expansive effect of infrastructure investment. Latin American countries would be restraining the expansive potential of their infrastructure investment by showing unfavorable institutional performance. The same would be happening with mid and low-income countries.
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