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Privatization and economic growth in Australia: the shorthand of a long process

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The impact of privatization on economic growth has been little investigated relative to disaggregated approaches. A growth accounting framework is used here to investigate the impact of privatization on growth for the Australian economy. The contribution of public capital to the private sector and whether the growth process is endogenous or Solow is evaluated. Separate measures of public and private capital are computed in order to estimate their impacts with labour on Australian gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the period 1960 to 2003. A simple growth rates version is found preferred by stationarity and other tests. Labour growth appears to strongly positively influence the growth of GDP. In contrast, public capital growth has no statistically significant effect on GDP growth, or on private capital productivity. The data are consistent with the hypothesis that the coefficients of the growth equation are the same before and during privatization.

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  • M. McKenzie, 2008. "Privatization and economic growth in Australia: the shorthand of a long process," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(15), pages 1953-1967.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:40:y:2008:i:15:p:1953-1967
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840600915257
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    1. Kam, T.C.Y., 2001. "Public Infrastructure Spillovers and Growth: Theory and Time Series Evidence for Australia," Department of Economics - Working Papers Series 811, The University of Melbourne.
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