Infrastructure, growth, and inequality: An overview

C Calderón, L Servén - World Bank Policy Research Working …, 2014 - papers.ssrn.com
Academics and policy makers have long considered an adequate supply of infrastructure
services to be essential for economic development. This paper reviews recent theoretical …

The political economy of fiscal deficits: a survey

M Eslava - Journal of Economic Surveys, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This paper surveys recent literature, both theoretical and empirical, regarding political
explanations for fiscal deficits. Political economy suggests conflicts of interest may lie behind …

Austerity: When it Works and when it Doesn't

A Alesina, F Giavazzi, C Favero - 2019 - torrossa.com
The term “austerity” indicates a policy of sizeable reduction of govern-ment deficits and
stabilization of government debt achieved by means of spending cuts or tax increases, or …

External debt, public investment, and growth in low-income countries

B Clements, R Bhattacharya, TQ Nguyen - 2003 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper examines the channels through which external debt affects growth in low-income
countries. Our results suggest that the substantial reduction in the stock of external debt …

Social spending, human capital, and growth in develo** countries

E Baldacci, B Clements, S Gupta, Q Cui - World development, 2008 - Elsevier
Using panel data from 118 develo** countries in 1971–2000, this paper explores the
channels linking social spending, human capital, and growth and compares the effects of …

[BOOK][B] Public infrastructure and growth: New channels and policy implications

PR Agénor, B Moreno-Dodson - 2006 - books.google.com
This paper provides an overview of the various channels through which public infrastructure
may affect growth. In addition to the conventional productivity, complementarity, and …

Growth and productivity: The role of government debt

A Afonso, JT Jalles - International Review of Economics & Finance, 2013 - Elsevier
We use a panel of 155 countries to assess the links between growth, productivity and
government debt. Via growth equations we assess simultaneity, endogeneity, cross-section …

[BOOK][B] Poverty reduction and growth: virtuous and vicious circles

G Perry - 2006 - books.google.com
" That raising income levels alleviates poverty, and that economic growth can be more or
less effective in doing so, is well known and has received renewed attention in the search for …

Corruption and growth: The role of governance, public spending, and economic development

R Dzhumashev - Economic Modelling, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper analyses how the quality of governance, the size of public spending, and
economic development affect the relationship between bureaucratic corruption and …

Public debt and the limits of fiscal policy to increase economic growth

VK Teles, CC Mussolini - European Economic Review, 2014 - Elsevier
This study proposes a theoretical model of endogenous growth that demonstrates that the
level of the public debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio should negatively impact the …