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Public investment and corporate productivity in Croatia
Sanja Borkovic*
Sanja Borkovic
Affiliation: Analyst, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Belgrade, Serbia
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Peter Tabak* 
Article | Year: 2018 | Pages: 171 - 186 | Volume: 42 | Issue: 2 Received: November 20, 2017 | Accepted: January 17, 2018 | Published online: June 5, 2018
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Variable
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Description
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Level
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Source
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Private investment
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The firm's fixed assets,
adjusted for depreciation and amortization (log, change)
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Firm
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ORBIS
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Total government investment
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Gross fixed capital formation
within the total general government expenditure (log change)
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Country
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EUROSTAT
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Government investment in
human capital
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Gross fixed capital formation
in education, health and housing and community amenities (log, change)
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Country
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EUROSTAT
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Government investment in
transport
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Gross fixed capital formation
in transport within general government expenditure on economic affairs (log,
change)
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Country
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EUROSTAT
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Government investment in
R&D
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Gross fixed capital formation
in research and development within general government expenditure on economic
affairs (log, change)
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Country
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EUROSTAT
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Efficacy of corporate boards
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Efficacy of corporate boards
score in the WEF's Global Competitiveness Index (value 1-7, change)
|
Country
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World Economic Forum
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Flexibility of wages
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Flexibility of wage
determination score in the WEF's Global Competitiveness Index (value 1-7,
change)
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Country
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World Economic Forum
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GHG emissions
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Ratio of greenhouse gas
emissions to gross value added (GVA) by sector (tonne/EUR)
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Sector
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EUROSTAT
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Goods market efficiency
|
Goods market efficiency score
in the WEF's Global Competitiveness Index, assessing the quality of supply-and-demand
conditions (value 1-7, change)
|
Country
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World Economic Forum
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Hiring and firing practices
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Hiring and firing practices
score in the WEF's Global Competitiveness Index (value 1-7, change)
|
Country
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World Economic Forum
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Institutions
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Institutions score in the
WEF's Global Competitiveness Index, assessing the quality of public and
private institutions (value 1-7, change)
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Country
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World Economic Forum
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Intangible in total assets
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Share of intangible in total
assets (per cent)
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Firm
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ORBIS
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Market concentration
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Herfindahl–Hirschman index,
defined as the sum of the squares of market shares of the firms within a
sector of economy (log, change), except in the specification for the sector
of tourism in which it is the share of the top 5 companies in the sector in
total revenues (per cent, change)
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Sector
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ORBIS
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NPLs
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Ratio of non-performing to
total gross corporate loans, by sector (per cent, change)
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Sector
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Croatian National Bank
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Professional management
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Reliance on professional management
score in the WEF's Global Competitiveness Index (value 1-7, change)
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Country
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World Economic Forum
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Youth employment
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Share of the youth population
(age 15-24) in total employment, by sector (per cent, change)
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Sector
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EUROSTAT
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Variables
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Total economy
(1)
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Total economy
(2)
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Private sector
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Lagged dep. variable
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0.2638***
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0.2385***
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0.2394***
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(0.0266)
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(0.0043)
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(0.0150)
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Private investment (-1)
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0.0005
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(0.0009)
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Total government investment
(-4)
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0.0520***
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0.0445***
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(0.0101)
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(0.0046)
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Government investment in
human capital (-3)
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0.0067
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(0.0125)
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Government investment in
transport (-4)
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0.0251***
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(0.0036)
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Government investment in
R&D (-2)
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0.0326***
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(0.0091)
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NPLs (-1)
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-0.0022**
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-0.0014***
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-0.0013***
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(0.0008)
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(0.0003)
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(0.0003)
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Youth employment (-2)
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0.0063***
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0.0054***
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0.0057***
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(0.0018)
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(0.0009)
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(0.0009)
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Market concentration
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-0.1013**
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-0.0860***
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-0.0908***
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(0.0379)
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(0.0174)
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(0.0178)
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Institutions (-1)
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0.1033**
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0.0735***
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0.0531***
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(0.0336)
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(0.0141)
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(0.0149)
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Intangible in total assets
(-1)
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0.3430**
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0.1551***
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0.1510***
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(0.1119)
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(0.0307)
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(0.0417)
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Hiring and firing practices
(-2)
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0.0661***
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0.0397***
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0.0637***
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(0.0132)
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(0.0070)
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(0.0055)
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Constant
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0.0207**
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0.0160***
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0.0180***
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(0.0097)
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(0.0028)
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(0.0029)
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Number of observations
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33,107
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176,887
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175,899
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Number of enterprises
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15,529
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48,129
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47,911
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Number of instruments
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29
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30
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28
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Notes: The dependent variable is the log of TFP. Robust standard errors are in parentheses. For the specification tests, p-values are reported. *, ** and *** indicate that the coefficients are significant at the 10, 5, and 1 per cent level, respectively.
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