How high is the social rate of return to investment?

1996 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Oulton
Keyword(s):  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Social Rate ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Rate Of Return ◽  
Return To Investment

Big Social Savings in a Small Laggard Economy: Railroad-Led Growth in Brazil

2005 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM R. SUMMERHILL
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Large Stimulus ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Direct Benefits ◽  
Social Rate ◽  
The Social ◽  
Domestic Use ◽  
Backward Linkages ◽  
Social Rate Of Return

Railroad development had a profound impact in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Brazil. Direct benefits were small for passengers, but large for freight services, and contributed heavily to the transition from stagnation to growth. Domestic-use activities received a differentially large stimulus. Estimates of the social rate of return reveal that Brazil did not overinvest in railroads. A different allocation of subsidies to railroad capital could have generated additional gains. Backward linkages did little for industry, but the “leakage” attributable to imported inputs was modest. Institutional externalities were mixed. By 1913 railroads had paved the way for dramatically improved economic growth.

scholarly journals Measuring The Social Rate Of Return In Public Sector Labor Markets

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Stokes ◽  
Sarah Wright
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Alternative Models ◽  
Social Rate ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Rate Of Return

In many public sector labor markets, employee earnings do not reflect the value of that occupation to society. This paper provides some alternative models to measure that value.

The Social Rate of Return: A Note on a Note

1983 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 983-985
Author(s):  
Lance E. Davis ◽  
Robert A. Huttenback
Keyword(s):  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Social Rate ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Rate Of Return
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