Infrastructure, Specialization, and Economic Growth

Posted: 4 Oct 2000

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Spiros Bougheas

University of Nottingham - School of Economics

Panicos Demetriades

University of Leicester - Department of Economics

Theofanis P. Mamuneas

University of Cyprus - Department of Economics

Abstract

We introduce infrastructure as a cost-reducing technology in Romer's (1987) model of endogenous growth. We show that infrastructure can promote specialization and long-run growth, even though its reflects on the latter is non-monotonic, reflecting its resource costs. We provide evidence using data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures that suggests that the degree of specialization is positively correlated with core infrastructure, as predicted by the model. We also provide evidence from cross-country regressions, using physical measures of infrastructure provision, that shows a robust non-monotonic relationship between infrastructure and growth.

JEL Classification: O41, O50

Suggested Citation

Bougheas, Spiros and Demetriades, Panicos O. and Mamuneas, Theofanis P., Infrastructure, Specialization, and Economic Growth. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=238572

Spiros Bougheas (Contact Author)

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Panicos O. Demetriades

University of Leicester - Department of Economics ( email )

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Theofanis P. Mamuneas

University of Cyprus - Department of Economics ( email )

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Cyprus

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