has binary support, however, local trade networks are shown to generate spatial unemployment clusters which can persist …

institutions. The study conducts a literature review on the theoretical and empirical works of economic growth, with emphasis in …

institutions. The study conducts a literature review on the theoretical and empirical works of economic growth, with emphasis in …

of its detrimental impact on the formation of domestic institutions, such as the security of private property, the …

second half of the 90s showed the necessity of creating sound financial institutions. In addition other institutions e.g. in …

Differences in regional unemployment rates are often used to describe regional economic inequality. This paper asks … whether changes in regional unemployment differences in West Germany are persistent over time. Only if such changes are … dispersion of unemployment rates. Our analysis follows a time-series approach to economic convergence and we test whether …