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Growth and employment impacts of public economic infrastructure investment in South Africa: A dynamic CGE analysis

Vandudzai Mbanda, Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu
Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences | Vol 10, No 2 | a15 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jef.v10i2.15 | © 2017 Vandudzai Mbanda, Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 06 December 2017 | Published: 06 November 2017

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Vandudzai Mbanda, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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Abstract

Public infrastructure investment is believed to be one of the key factors in addressing South Africa

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Public infrastructure; economic growth; Employment; Dynamic CGE; Spillover effects; South Africa

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