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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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Green growth: theory and evidence

Huang, Yongfu; Quibria, M. G. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

What are the major determinants of green growth? What role can the government play to promote green growth? To address these questions, this paper develops a simple Green Solow model that sheds light on the role of finance and technology in the process of

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Changes in Spatial Income Inequality in the Philippines: An Exploratory Analysis

Balisacan, Arsenio M.; Fuwa, Nobuhiko - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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Analyse du Processus de Convergence Dans la Zone UEMOA

Bamba, Lambert N'galadjo - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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Quo Vadis? Inequality and Poverty Dynamics across Russian Regions

Yemtsov, Ruslan - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2003

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An Inquiry into Cities and Their Role in Subnational Economic Growth in South Africa

Naude, Wim; Krugell, W.F. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

development of South Africa?s largest cities. Our local economic growth empirics show some indications of conditional convergence … convergence was found but this was driven by declines in the standard deviation of per capita income amongst the poorest quintile … of towns. An estimate of conditional beta convergence of 1.2 percent over the period 1990-2000 confirms that overall …

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International Convergence or Higher Inequality in Human Development? Evidence for 1975 to 2002

Noorbakhsh, Farhad - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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