Growth, Debt and Public Infrastructure

Thomas Krichel () and Paul Levine ()

Economic Change and Restructuring, 1995, vol. 28, issue 2-3, pages 119-46

Abstract: This paper presents a closed economy model of endogenous growth driven by capital externalities arising from both private capital and public infrastructure. The model is calibrated to fit data for India, an approximately closed economy. Simulations suggest that fiscal policy certainly matters and the choice of the income taxation rate, the mix of government spending between infrastructure and public consumption goods. and the long-run government debt/GDP ratio can all significantly affect the long-run growth rate. Intertemporal aspects of fiscal policy are also important and the precommitment (time-inconsistent) and non-precommitment policies differ substantially. Copyright 1995 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

Date: 1995

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