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Regional growth and national development: transition in Central and Eastern Europe and the regional Kuznets curve in the East and the West

Monastiriotis, Vassilis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Regional disparities in Central and Eastern Europe rose substantially since 1990. Still, prima facie evidence of beta-convergence … convergence. In both CEE and the ‘old’ EU15, regional convergence is strongly linked to the level of national development, non …-linearly. But while in the EU15 convergence speeds-up at intermediate/high levels of development, in CEE we find divergence at …

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Environmental policy and the economic downturn

Bowen, Alex; Stern, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper considers how environmental policies should respond to macroeconomic downturns. It first explores the implications of the global economic downturn of 2008-09 for environmental policies, focusing in particular on the example of action against climate change. The arguments for and...

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Why do regions develop and change?: the challenge for geography and economics

Storper, Michael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Explaining the growth and change of regions and cities is one of the great challenges for social science. The field of economic geography and associated economics has developed frameworks in recent years that, while tackling major questions in spatial economic development, are deficient in their...

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Land reform, poverty reduction and growth : evidence from India

Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

In recent times there has been a renewed interest in relationships between redistribution, growth and welfare. Land reforms have been central to strategies to improve the asset base of the poor in developing countries thought their effectiveness has been hindered by political constraints on...

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Business fluctuations in Imperial Austria's regions, 1867-1913: new evidence

Ciccarelli, Carlo; Missiaia, Anna - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This paper presents annual estimates of total and per-capita GDP at 1910 prices for the regions of Imperial Austria from the origin of the Dual Monarchy (1867) to the eve of WWI (1913). The time paths of regional GDP are estimated from the yield of the tax on the transfer of real and financial...

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Do oil windfalls improve living standards?: evidence from Brazil

Caselli, Francesco; Michaels, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

We use variation in oil output among Brazilian municipalities to investigate the effects of resource windfalls. We find muted effects of oil through market channels: offshore oil has no effect on municipal non-oil GDP or its composition, while onshore oil has only modest effects on non-oil GDP...

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The costs of urban property crime

Gibbons, Steve - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

This paper estimates the impact of recorded domestic property crime on property prices in the London area. Crimes in the Criminal Damage category have a significant negative impact on prices. Burglaries have no measurable impact on prices, even after allowing for the potential dependence of...

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Without purpose and strategy?: a spatio-functional analysis of the regional allocation of public investment in Greece

Monastiriotis, Vassilis; Psycharis, Yiannis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

We utilise a large database on public investment at the prefecture (NUTS-3) level in Greece for the period 1976-2008 to examine the spatial and functional allocation of public investment in the country. We investigate the extent to which expenditures in different types of public investment are...

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Roads to equality: wealth distribution dynamics with public-private capital complementarity

Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1995

This paper proposes a model of wealth distribution dynamics with a capital market imperfection and a production function where public capital is complementary to private capital. A unique invariant steady-state distribution is derived, with three social classes: subsistence workers, 'government...

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Mapping the two faces of R&D : productivity growth in a panel of OECD industries

Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

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