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the empirical results caused by the use of different spatial scales in the analysis of convergence process of European … (MAUP). Thus, convergence processes among EU15 are examined across three spatial scales often used in applied work, namely …, NUTS1, NUTS2 and NUTS3, between 2000 and 2008. The paper suggests that convergence pattern of EU regions depends on the …
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"Using a unique sample of net domestic product data for districts in India, I investigate the connection between banking sector development, human capital, and economic growth at the sub-national level. Using disaggregate data avoids many of the omitted variable problems that plague...
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"There have been important developments in the decentralization of the government structure in Turkey since the early 1980s. This paper examines economic development and growth in Turkish provinces. Although there is a rich literature on the economic effects of government decentralization from...
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"The author discusses regional development patterns in China and examines effective ways of using development aid to attain regional balanced growth through optimizing growth spillover effects. Based on provincial panel data from 1978-99 she constructs an indicator "neighborhood performance" to...
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Several countries in Southern Africa have enormous potential to expand trade and mutually benefit from regional integration, and thus truly achieve 'growth without borders'. At the same time, several African countries are adopting growth pole strategies in order to deepen the economic linkages...
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Our paper examines the long run relationship between economic growth and the current account balance equilibrium by relying on the BoP constrained growth model. We find that Vietnam grew less than the rate predicted when the period 1985 to 2010 as a whole is considered, but with different...
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This paper analyses the hypothesis that the robust relationship between trust - as measured by the World Values Survey's question "In general, do you think that most people can be trusted, or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?" - and economic growth, established by empirical...
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, attracting immigration and amenities. Nevertheless, although it seems to have convergence among the big cities considered in this … convergence-divergence among 50 Mega-cities of the World, and the convergence-divergence among its corresponding countries, using … several growth models, studying the possible existence of Clubs convergence among these cities and countries. …
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