TY - JOUR AU - Srithongrung, Arwiphawee AU - Kriz, Kenneth A. PY - 2014/03/21 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - From Public Infrastructure to National Economic Growth: Do Systematic Investment Practices Matter? JF - International Public Management Review JA - IPMR VL - 13 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ipmr.net/index.php/ipmr/article/view/113 SP - 19-50 AB - <p align="LEFT"> <span style="font-size: medium;">This paper investigates the path effects of systematic government investment on national growth. We build a theory where government investment practices, along with other institutional variables, affect the quality of a country’s core public infrastructure sys-tem. This, in turn, positively affects national productivity. Using the path analysis meth-od, we test our theoretical framework on a sample of data drawn from 25 developing economies during the period from 1990 to 2000. The results suggest that a unit increase in systematic public investment practices indirectly enhances national productivity with an increase of about $10-$15 in a country’s real per capita GDP through the better condition and service capacity of a country’s core public infrastructure.</span></p><em></em> ER -