Arbeitspapier

A new global index on infrastructure: Construction, rankings and applications

We construct comprehensive and comparable indices on the most relevant components of economic infrastructure. An unobserved components model is employed to cover the largest possible number of developing and developed countries over the period 1990-2010. We map major findings from the new indices on infrastructure and provide country rankings, which we also compare with subjective assessments of infrastructure in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report. Finally, we exemplify possible applications related to trade and FDI. By overcoming several data limitations, our new global index can help assess the links between infrastructure and economic development more systematically.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1929

Classification
Wirtschaft
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
Index Numbers and Aggregation; Leading indicators
Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data; Data Access
Empirical Studies of Trade
International Investment; Long-term Capital Movements
Subject
infrastructure
transport
ICT
energy
finance
unobserved components method
trade
FDI

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Donaubauer, Julian
Meyer, Birgit
Nunnenkamp, Peter
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
(where)
Kiel
(when)
2014

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Donaubauer, Julian
  • Meyer, Birgit
  • Nunnenkamp, Peter
  • Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)

Time of origin

  • 2014

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