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Going NUTS: The Effect of EU Structural Funds on Regional Performance
Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; Ehrlich, Maximilian Von; … - CESifo - 2008
The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states to allow them to catch up with the EU average. Under the Objective 1 scheme, NUTS2 regions with a GDP per capita level below 75% of the EU average qualify for structural funds transfers from the central EU budget....
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The Impact of Local Decentralization on Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Counties
Hammond, George W.; Tosun, Mehmet S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose...
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Logistics and Exports
Behar, Alberto; Manners, Phil - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008
Drawing on a new and comprehensive measure of logistics quality, our gravity model suggests logistics in the exporting and partner-country can have an important impact on bilateral exports.  A one standard deviation improvement in the exporter's logistics quality, which for example would...
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The Language Effect in International Trade: A Meta-Analysis
Egger, Peter; Lassmann, Andrea - CESifo - 2011
Gravity models of international trade have been frequently applied to estimate the impact of common (official or spoken) language on bilateral trade. This study provides a meta-analysis based on 701 language effects collected from 81 academic articles. On average, a common (official or spoken)...
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Public Infrastructure as a Determinant of Intertemporal and Interregional Productive Performance in China
Fu, Feng-Cheng; Vijverberg, Chu-Ping C.; Vijverberg, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper focuses on the question whether public infrastructure capital matters for labor productivity in China, both over time and across regions. It finds that public infrastructure is a significant determinant of variations in labor productivity across provinces, but the contribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822341
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Regional Convergence and Catch-up in India between 1960 and 1992
Trivedi, Kamakshya - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2002
This paper examines the evidence for regional convergence or catch-up in levels and growth rates of per capita income …, Re-Weighted Least Squares, and Least Trimmed Squares - establish that unconditional convergence in growth rates does not … obtain, but that there is clear and robust evidence of conditional convergence. This suggests that important differences …
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The determinants of Italy's regional imbalances over the long run: exploring the contributions of human and social capital
Felice, Emanuele - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011
inequality in Italy.  More particularly, convergence in value added per capita across Italy's regions is tested (through both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004271
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The Effect of Migration on Income Growth and Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
long-run real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precision-weighted estimate of beta convergence … is more consistent with endogenous self-reinforcing growth than with neoclassical convergence. Introducing a net … migration variable in a growth regression increases the estimate of beta convergence slightly. Studies that use panel models or …
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Employment Concentration across US Counties
Fafchamps, Marcel; Desmet, Klaus - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2003
becoming more or less concentrated. The existing literature has found deconcentration (convergence) of employment across urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090665
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Is There Convergence of Russia's Regions? Exploring the Empirical Evidence: 1995–2010
Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995 …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we … regional product confirm this outcome as do non-parametric estimates of convergence, namely estimates using Markov transition …
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