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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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Role of Science & Technology, Higher Education and Research in Regional Socio-Economic Development

Shukla, Rajesh; Kakar, Preeti - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

This paper is an attempt to focus on the role of Science and Technology (S&T) on regional development of India by considering 21 Indian states. The Index approach using the Principal Component technique has been adopted. For analysing the impact, a set of three indices focussing on Current...

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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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Far Eastern Federal District Development: Statistical and Economic Overview

Leontjevs, Jevgenijs; Dovladbekova, Inna - European Regional Science Association - 2014

The main aim of this paper is to define weak spots in the Far Eastern federal district's development in comparison with other federal districts in the Russian Federation based on a statistical and economic analysis, and shape general conclusions on possible improvement of the economic...

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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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Start-ups, Long- and Short-Term Survivors and their Effect on Regional Employment Growth

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

We investigate the effects that regional start-up activity has on employment in new and in incumbent businesses. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1987-2002 period. It shows that the effects of new businesses on employment in the incumbents are significantly positive and...

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The Effect of New Business Formation on Employment - The Dominance of Density

Schroeter, Alexandra - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Empirical analyses show that the employment effects of start-ups are highest in agglomerations, whereas moderately congested areas exhibit only modest effects, and weak or even no significant effects could be found in rural regions. This paper will set out to show that these discrepancies arise...

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Investigating the Anatomy of the Employment Effects of New Business Formation

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Recent empirical research has found that the effect of new business formation on employment emerges over a period of about ten years and has identified a 'wave' pattern of these effects. In this study, we decompose the overall contribution of new business formation on employment change into...

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Are More Start-Ups Really Better? Quantity and Quality of New Businesses and Their Effect on Regional Development

Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Empirical analyses suggest that the employment creating effect of start-ups is highest in regions with a low level of new business formation and that an increase in the regional start-up rate beyond a certain level may lead to negative employment effect. In explaining these results, we assume...

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