Revisiting the optimal stationary public investment policy in endogenous growth economies

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-194

  Marrero, Gustavo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Campus de Guajara   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balanced growth equilibrium; Public investment; Stationary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049121750     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100507060452     Document Type: Article

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