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DOI DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18485365

A-Public Investment Efficiency and Regional Productivity in Poland. Panel Evidence from 2010–2023

Halina Kot1
  1. 1 State University of Applied Sciences in Jaroslaw

Abstract

Abstract: This manuscript examines whether the efficiency of public investment is associated with regional productivity growth in Poland over 2010–2023. Public capital spending is widely viewed as a driver of development, yet the productivity effects depend on project appraisal, selection, implementation capacity, and the degree to which public projects crowd in complementary private investment. The study is designed as a balanced regional panel analysis at the NUTS-2 (voivodeship) level. It combines (i) regional productivity outcomes (labor productivity and total factor productivity proxies), (ii) public investment inputs (capital expenditure and infrastructure-oriented spending proxies), and (iii) investment-efficiency indicators proxied by implementation and absorption measures, including EU-funded investment execution where appropriate. A fixed-effects framework is specified to control for time-invariant regional characteristics, with dynamic panel extensions included to address persistence in productivity outcomes. Robustness checks are planned across alternative productivity measures, lag structures, and heterogeneity tests by region size and structural-change intensity. The manuscript reports the full empirical strategy, variable definitions, and replication workflow; numerical results and effect sizes are to be inserted once the regional dataset is finalized and the estimation outputs are produced.

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Kot, H. (2025). A-Public Investment Efficiency and Regional Productivity in Poland. Panel Evidence from 2010–2023. Transnational Academic Journal of Economics, 2(1), 11–25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18485365
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