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    Rights statement: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Economic Modelling. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Economic Modelling, 75, 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2018.06.013

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Revisiting the returns of public infrastructure in Mexico: a limited information local likelihood estimation

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>11/2018
<mark>Journal</mark>Economic Modelling
Volume75
Number of pages10
Pages (from-to)132-141
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date19/07/18
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This paper revisits the issue of accurately decomposing productivity growth to the impact of public infrastructure at firm level for Mexican industry whether the underlying functional form is a profit or a cost function. Our framework decomposes productivity growth into different components, and in particular the contribution of public infrastructure. We also propose a novel limited information local likelihood (LILL) estimation method that adequately deals with the issue of the endogeneity and model misspecification. The reported evidence shows that public infrastructure enhances productivity growth through profit gains and cost savings in all ten two-digit Mexican industries, though some variability across time exists, notably in the nineties and the 2000s when a shortage of infrastructure is observed.

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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Economic Modelling. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Economic Modelling, 75, 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2018.06.013