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Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbours

de Vreyer, Philippe; Spielvogel, Gilles - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009

convergence speed of per capita income among municipios and test whether spatial externalities are linked to local income growth …. Conditionally on structural characteristics, we find evidence of convergence between municipios and of positive spatial dependence …

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The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development - Evidence for Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the mid- 1920s have higher start-up rates about 80...

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The Long Persistence of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture: Germany 1925-2005

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business formation tend to be persistent for periods as long as 80...

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Entrepreneurship,Growth, Regional Growth Regimes

Fritsch, Michael; Kublina, Sandra - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

We distinguish four types of regional growth regimes based on the type of relationship between new business formation and economic development. The distinguishing characteristics of these regime types are analyzed in order to identify the reasons for different growth performance. Although growth...

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- CAPITAL HUMANO Y CONVERGENCIA REGIONAL

Martínez, Lorenzo Serrano - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1998

This paper analyzes the relationship between human capital and convergence with a model that takes into account the … different effects of human capital accumulation on regional convergence. As an input, human capital produces convergence due to … convergence rate has been relatively small. The results indicate the potential role of educational policy in order to achieve a …

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PRODUCT MIX OF THE SPANISH BANKING FIRMS: DO COMPETITION CLUBS EXIST?

García, Francisco Pérez; Ausina, Emili Tortosa - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1998

kinds of firms and, on this ground, to analyze whethercompetition leads to the homogeneization (convergence) of product …

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Capital público y eficiencia productiva regional (1964-1989)

Jiménez, Ezequiel Uriel; García, Francisco Pérez; … - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1994

, based on the factor productivity and efficiency measures, the study discusses the existence of technological convergence …

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SPATIAL STABILITY

Mossay, Pascal - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2004

We consider a continuous spatial economy consisting of pure exchange local economies. Agents are allowed to change their location over time as a response to spatial utility differentials. These spatial adjustments toward higher utility neighborhoods lead the spatial economy to converge to a...

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Convergence among five industrial countries (1870–1994): Results from a time varying cointegration approach

Le Pen, Yannick - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005

that, from the 1980's onwards, we can accept the hypothesis of stochastic convergence between France, Germany and Japan, on …

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On modelling convergence clubs

Le Pen, Yannick; Fève, Patrick - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2000

A switching regression approach with imperfect sample separation information is used to determine convergence clubs …. Regime classification allows one to determine which countries belong to the related convergence clubs. Initial per capita GDP …

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