Bottlenecks in ramping up public investment

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 509-538

  van der Ploeg, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption constraints; Capital scarcity; Dutch disease; Economic development; Genuine saving; Investment adjustment costs; Optimal management of windfalls; PIMI; Public capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865402845     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-012-9225-0     Document Type: Article

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