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Convergence and the effects of spatial interaction

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the issue of income convergence has received considerable attention in economic … scarce. The present paper is an attempt to provide additional information on the spatial aspect of convergence. Spatial … econometric methods are used to investigate regional convergence in West Germany. The results indicate that spatial interaction is …

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Regional convergence in the European Union (1985 - 1999): A spatial dynamic panel analysis

Badinger, Harald; Müller, Werner G.; Tondl, Gabriele - 2002

We estimate the speed of income convergence for a sample of 196 European NUTS 2 regions over the period 1985-1999. So … convergence of 6.9 per cent and a capital elasticity of 0.43. …

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The persistence of regional entrepreneurship : are all types of self-employment equally important?

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015

We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship over time. Our analysis for West German regions shows relatively strong effects for the historical self- employment rate in the non-agricultural sector, particularly in...

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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture : Germany 1925 - 2005

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 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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Persistence of regional entrepreneurship : causes, effects, and directions for future research

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017

This paper reviews the empirical evidence of persistent levels of regional self-employment and new business formation and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship plays an important role in explaining persistence of...

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Historical roots of entrepreneurial culture and innovation activity : an analysis for German regions

Fritsch, Michael; Obschonka, Martin; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

There is a research gap with respect to understanding the role of entrepreneurial culture and tradition for actual start-up behaviour. We combine historical self-employment data (entrepreneurial tradition) with a psychological measure for entrepreneurial attitudes (entrepreneurial culture). The...

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Spatial dependence of regional unemployment in the European Union

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2002

The findings of recent studies on adjustment processes suggest that regional labour markets in the EU and the US differ significantly. Low wage flexibility and limited labour mobility in European countries involve persistent unemployment differentials across regions. However, the spatial...

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The geography and channels of diffusion at the world's technology frontier

Keller, Wolfgang - 2001

Convergence in per capita income turns on whether technological knowledge spillovers are global or local. Global … spillovers favor convergence, while a geographically limited scope of knowledge diffusion can lead to regional clusters of …

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Modelling the fiscal effects of aid: An impulse response approach for Ghana

Morrissey, Oliver; Osei, Robert; Lloyd, Tim - 2002

An important feature of aid to developing countries is that it is given to the government. As a result aid has the potential to affect budgetary behaviour. Although the (albeit limited) aid-growth literature has addressed the effect of aid on policy, it has tended to neglect the effect of aid on...

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Impeded industrial restructuring: The growth penalty

Audretsch, David B.; Carree, Martin A.; van Stel, André J. - 2000

This paper documents that a process of industrial restructuring has been transforming the developed economies, where large corporations are accounting for less economic activity and small firms are accounting for a greater share of economic activity. Not all countries, however, are experiencing...

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