Causality between Public Investment in Transport and Communication and Economic Growth

University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2005/10

20 Pages Posted: 2 Aug 2005

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Niloy Bose

University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee - Department of Economics; Virginia Tech - Department of Economics

M. Emranul Haque

University of Nottingham

Abstract

This paper aims to provide an explanation for the robust and consistent relationship between public investment in transport and communication and economic growth that has frequently surfaced in recent empirical studies. Using both informal and formal causality tests, the paper finds that, for a set of developing countries, the strong association is the result of the effect running from growth to public investment rather than vice versa.

Keywords: Public investment,transport and communication, economic growth

JEL Classification: O42, E62

Suggested Citation

Bose, Niloy and Haque, Mohammad Emranul, Causality between Public Investment in Transport and Communication and Economic Growth. University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2005/10, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=764465 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.764465

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