Contribution to productivity or pork barrel? The two faces of infrastructure investment

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1133-1153

  Cadot, Olivier ^a   Röller, Lars Hendrik ^b   Stephan, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

France; Growth; Infrastructure; Lobbying; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646488801     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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