On the macroeconomic implications of maintenance in public capital

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 695-712

  Kalaitzidakis, Pantelis ^a   Kalyvitis, Sarantis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endogenous growth; Maintenance cost; Optimal policy; Public capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344628483     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00221-9     Document Type: Article

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