Public infrastructure and structural transformation (English)

This study argues that public infrastructure is an important though previously neglected driving mechanism of the structural transformation process. To assess its significance quantitatively, this study first develops a multisector neoclassical growth model with heterogeneous firms, where public infrastructure contributes to firms' production and mitigates the barriers to firms' entry. The model is calibrated using data from Brazil, a country that...

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Perez Sebastian,Fidel;

Steinbuks,Jevgenijs;
Document Date
2017/12/19
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8285
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2017/12/19
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Public infrastructure and structural transformation
Keywords
Manufacturing

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Perez Sebastian,Fidel; Steinbuks,Jevgenijs.

Public infrastructure and structural transformation (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8285 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/663871513692700637

Public infrastructure and structural transformation (English)

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