of substitution for a CES production function in the Spanish economy during the period 1985-2003. Our results show that … the higher the efforts of public administrations in providing greater public health coverage the higher the elasticity of …This paper analyzes the effect that government expenditure on health has on economicgrowth by estimating the elasticity …

, though their magnitudes are different. The elasticity of substitution in post-reform period is although, more than that of … is captured by using separate datasets for pre- and post-reform period and also by using dummies. The elasticity of … substitution obtained for all three VES production functions, for each pre- and post-reform periods, gives the similar trends …