Public Capital and Private Production in Australia

Otto, Glenn and Voss, Graham (1996): Public Capital and Private Production in Australia. Published in: Southern Economic Journal , Vol. 3, No. 62 (January 1996): pp. 723-738.

Abstract

Addresses the question of causality between public capital and private production in Australia. Representations for private production; Long-run elasticities; Short-run dynamics; Relationship between public capital and employment.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Capital; Production; Australia
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E22 - Investment ; Capital ; Intangible Capital ; Capacity; H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods > H41 - Public Goods

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