Economics B A-Level
Infrastructure investment
What Infrastructure investment means in Economics B A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Infrastructure investment
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Improving infrastructure usually relies on interventionist public spending, but can utilise market-based private finance initiatives to build new transport or communication networks.
Topics that use Infrastructure investment
- Supply-side policies (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Economic incentives
- Human capital
- Labour market flexibility
- Macroeconomic equilibrium
- Productive capacity
- Interventionist methods
- Market-based methods
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