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Limits of Stabilization Infrastructure, Public Deficits, and Growth in Latin America

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ISBN-10: 0804749728

ISBN-13: 9780804749725

Edition: 2003

Authors: William Easterly, Luis Serv�n, Luis Serv�n

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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 10/6/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Latin America's Infrastructure in the Era of Macroeconomic Crises
The Output Cost of Latin America's Infrastructure Gap
Infrastructure Compression and Public Sector Solvency in Latin America
Macroeconomic Effects of Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure
Regulation and Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Index
Figures
Comparative Performance in Infrastructure Stocks
Power Generating Capacity by Region, 1980-97
Power Generating Capacity per Worker by Country, 1980 and 1997
Length Comparisons of Transportation Routes
Road Length per Worker by Country, 1980 and 1997
Access to Clean Water, 1985-93
Infrastructure Quality and Excess Demand
Power Losses by Region, 1980-97
Power Losses by Country, 1980 and 1997
Comparisons of Surface Transportation Quality
Total Investment in Infrastructure in Selected Latin American Countries, 1980-98
Investment in Infrastructure in Selected Latin American Countries, by Sector, 1980-98
Public Investment in Infrastructure in Selected Latin American Countries, 1980-98
Public Investment in Infrastructure and Noninfrastructure, by Country
Public Investment in Infrastructure, by Sector and by Country
Private Investment in Infrastructure in Selected Latin American Countries, 1980-98
Private Investment in Infrastructure and Noninfrastructure, by Country
Private Investment in Infrastructure, by Sector and by Country
Private Investment Per Capita around the Date of Reform in Selected Country, by Sector
Infrastructure Quality and the Private Share of Investment in Infrastructure
Infrastructure Accumulation and Growth, 1960-97
Annual Average Share of Private Investment in Total Infrastructure Investment in Selected Latin American Countries, by Sector
Average Annual Investment in Infrastructure in Selected Latin American Countries, by Sector
Tables
The Contribution of Infrastructure Compression to Fiscal Adjustment, Average 1980-84 versus Average 1995-98
Regression of Public Infrastructure Investment/GDP on the Primary Balance/GDP
Infrastructure Reform Dates
Correlation between Public and Private Infrastructure Investment, by Sector
Regressions of Public Infrastructure Investment/GDP on Private Infrastructure Investment/GDP
Relationship between Physical Stocks and Investment Spending in Infrastructure
Relationship between Physical Stocks, Public and Private Investment Spending in Infrastructure
Private Participation and Infrastructure Quality
Telephone Service Variables
Summary of Coverage and Availability of Telephone Service Indicators
Telecommunications Indicators: Time-Series Coverage by Region
Variables Used as Proxies for Energy
Energy Indicators: Time-Series Coverage by Region
Sanitation and Sewerage Indicators: Time-Series Coverage by Region
Indicators for Roads
Other Indicators for Roads
Indicators for Irrigation
Irrigation: Time-Series Coverage by Region
Roads and Railways: Time-Series Data for Selected Regions
Public Sector Definitions Used in the Figures of Public Investment in Infrastructure
Definition of the Transport Sector
Infrastructure Reform Laws
Sale and/or Concession of Public Enterprises in Infrastructure Sectors
Greenfield Projects in Infrastructure Sectors
The Widening Infrastructure Gap, Latin America versus East Asia
Sample Correlations
Infrastructure-Augmented Production Function: Alternative Estimates
Alternative GMM Estimates
First-Difference GMM Estimates of Alternative Specifications
Elasticity of Output per Worker with Respect to Capital per Worker
The Infrastructure Gap and the Output Gap: Contribution of Various Inputs to the Change in Relative GDP per Worker, Latin America versus East Asia, 1980-97
The Infrastructure Gap and the Output Gap: Contribution of the Change in Relative Infrastructure Stocks to the Change in Relative GDP per Worker, East Asia versus Selected Latin American Countries, 1980-97
Taxes and Growth: Panel Data Regression Analysis
Government Spending and Growth: Panel Data Regression Analysis
Impact on the Annuity Value of Net Worth of a Cut in Infrastructure Investment by 1 Percent of GDP
Partial-Equilibrium Effect of Actual Infrastructure Investment Changes on the Annuity Value of Public Net Worth, 1980-84 versus 1995-98
Panel Unit Root Tests, Government Revenues, Government Spending, and Real Output
Main Macroeconomic Variables: Levels and Ranking
First Year for Private Participation in Utilities and Transport
Average Value of the Institutional Variables between 1985 and 1998
Effects of PPI on GDP Per Capita (Model 1)
Effects of PPI on GDP Per Capita (Model 2)
Effects of PPI on Private Investment (Model 1)
Effects of PPI on Private Investment (Model 2)
Effects of PPI on Private Investment Defined as Gross Domestic Investment Minus Public Investment (Model 1)
Effects of PPI on Public Investment (Model 1)
Effects of PPI on Public Investment (Model 2)
Effects of PPI on Recurrent Public Expenditures (Model 1)
Effects of PPI on Public Expenditures (Model 2)
Summary of Signs of Average Macroeconomic Effects of PPI
Data Sources
Country Fixed Effects Estimation
Fixed Effects Regressions by Sector
Descriptive Statistics
Descriptive Statistics if Regulatory Body Exists
Correlation Matrix for Complete Data Set
Correlation Matrix for Regulatory Variables
Public and Private Investment before and after the Passage of Reform Legislation
Aspects of Regulatory Structure, by Country and by Sector