EIB Papers Volume 13. n°1/2008 - European Investment Bank

Infrastructure investment,
growth and cohesion
Public investment:
Composition, growth effects and fiscal constraints
The 2008 EIB Conference in Economics and Finance – held at EIB headquarters in Luxembourg on
June 12 – examined the role of infrastructure investment in economic growth and cohesion,
shedding light on a wide range of policy-relevant issues. These included the composition
of government investment; its fiscal implications; the determinants and productivity effects of
infrastructure investment; and the effects of infrastructure on the location of economic activities.
Speakers included:
Riccardo CRESCENZI
of the European University Institute,
Florence, Italy
Jakob de HAAN
of the University of Groningen,
The Netherlands
Somik LALL
of the World Bank, USA
Gianmarco OTTAVIANO
of the University of Bologna, Italy
Diego PUGA
of the Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies,
Spain
Armin RIESS
of the EIB
Andrés RODRIGUEZ-POSE
of the London School of Economics,
Great Britain
Gerd SCHWARTZ
of the International Monetary Fund, USA
Andreas STEPHAN
of the Jönköping International
Business School, Sweden
Timo VÄLILÄ
of the EIB
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