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Creative Industries, New Business Formation and Regional Economic Growth

Piergiovanni, Roberta; Carree, Martin; Santarelli, Enrico - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The present study explores the impact exerted by a series of factors and processes including creativity, IPR activities, new business formation and the provision of amenities on economic growth for 103 Italian provinces (NUTS 3) over the period between 2001 and 2006. Provincial growth rates are...

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What about regions in regional science? An exercise of convergence using different geographic scales of European Union

Resende, Guilherme; Cravo, Tulio - European Regional Science Association - 2013

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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The Process of Creative Construction: Knowledge Spillovers, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

Agarwal, Rajshree; Audretsch, David; Sarkar, MB - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Questioning the underlying assumptions of the process of creative destruction, we conceptualize an alternative process of creative construction that may characterize the dynamics between entrants and incumbents. We discuss the underlying mechanism of knowledge spillover strategic...

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Does Self-Employment reduce Unemployment?

Thurik, A. Roy; Carree, Martin A.; Stel, Andre van; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, high unemployment rates may lead to start-up activity of self-employed individuals (the "refugee" effect). On the other hand, higher rates of self-employment may indicate increased...

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TOP TEAM DEMOGRAPHICS, INNOVATION AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE: FINDINGS FROM ENGLISH FIRMS AND CITIES, 2008-9

Nathan, Max - European Regional Science Association - 2013

High levels of net migration to the UK have contributed to growing cultural diversity, and researchers are turning their attention to the long-term effects of diversity on productivity. Yet little is known about these issues. This paper asks: what are the links between the composition of firms'...

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Economic growth and balance of payments constraint in Vietnam

Rieber, Arsène; Bagnai, Alberto; Tran, Thi Anh-Dao - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013

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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Trust, Confidence and Economic Growth An Evaluation of the Beugelsdijk Hypothesis

Volland, Benjamin - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

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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Regional Transitions from Socialism to Entrepreneurship: Russia and Germany compared

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael; … - European Regional Science Association - 2014

We investigate the personal- and regional-level determinants of entrepreneurial activities in East Germany and Russia in the process of transition to a market-type economy. In this comparison entrepreneurship in West Germany is used as a benchmark. Whereas East Germany has experienced?after 40...

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The Entrepreneurial Advantage of World Cities - Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

Acs, Zoltan; Bosma, Niels; Sternberg, Rolf - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Recent discussions in the Economic Geography literature increasingly focus on creative cities and the importance of creativity for achieving economic growth. Considering the increased attention on urban areas it is not surprising that the regional dimension of entrepreneurship is a subject of...

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The Geography and the Effect of Creative People in Germany

Fritsch, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper investigates the geography and the effect of people in creative occupation in Germany. The population share of the Creative Class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places and rural regions may also have a considerable proportion of...

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