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Space and Growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144476
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Delivering Access to Safe Drinking Water and Adequate Sanitation in Pakistan
Khan, Faheem Jehangir; Javed, Yaser - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Provision of safe drinking water, adequate sanitation and personal hygiene are vital for the sustainable environmental conditions and reducing the incidence of diarrhoea, malaria, trachoma, hepatitis A & B and morbidity levels. Not having access to water and sanitation is a courteous expression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365294
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Misspecification in Linear Spatial Regression Models
Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2003
Spatial effects are endemic in models based on spatially referenced data. The increased awareness of the relevance of spatial interactions, spatial externalities and networking effects among actors, evoked the area of spatial econometrics. Spatial econometrics focuses on the specification and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137153
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The Impact of Regional Absorptive Capacity on Spatial Knowledge Spillovers
Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
We design a conceptual framework for linking two approaches: the literature on absorptive capacity and the literature on spatial knowledge spillovers. Regions produce new knowledge, but only part of it is efficiently adopted in the economy; the share of efficiently adopted technology depends on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137198
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A Meta-Analysis of Beta-Convergence: The Legendary Two-Percent
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of … convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross …-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of convergence of about 2% has been found under a variety of different conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144527
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Regional Development and Knowledge
Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2006
This paper focuses on the concept of knowledge and examines models depicting and explaining the role of knowledge in regional development and provides an assessment of empirical studies of how knowledge affects growth and development in functional regions. For this paper it is crucial to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293643
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Territorial Capital and Regional Growth: Increasing Returns in Cognitive Knowledge Use
Capello, Roberta; Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987436
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Regional Disparities in the European Union: Convergence and Agglomeration
Geppert, Kurt; Happich, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
research. In this paper we examine whether there are overlapping trends of regional development in the EU: overall convergence … estimation, Markov chain analysis and cross-sectional regressions provide evidence that convergence of regional per-capita income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068841
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Entrepreneurship and Local Growth - a comparison of the U.S. and Sweden
Borgman, Benny; Braunerhjelm, Pontus - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007
The U.S. is traditionally viewed as an economy driven by entrepreneurs, whereas the Swedish model is associated with high welfare ambitions and less focus on entrepreneurial activities. This paper seeks to empirically investigate whether the connection between entrepreneurship and growth at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644926
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Knowledge flows, knowledge externalities and regional economic development
Karlsson, Charlie; Gråsjö, Urban - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012
New knowledge generated by an economic agent in a region will tend over time to flow to other economic agents in the same region but also to economic agents in other regions. It is quite common in the literature to use the concept of knowledge spillovers for such knowledge flows, irrespective of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742097