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Is regional innovative activity path-dependent? An empirical analysis for Germany
Bode, Eckhardt - 2001
Based on a standard idea-based model of endogenous growth we test the hypothesis that regional innovative activity is path-dependent, and investigate the geographical scope of knowledge spillovers. Using data for West-German regions, two alternative indicators of the stock of knowledge are...
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Paying off populism: How regional policies affect voting behavior
Gold, Robert; Lehr, Jakob - 2024
This paper shows that regional policies can decrease populist support. We focus on the "development objective" (Objective-1) of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), meant to support lagging-behind regions. For causal inference, we exploit three sources of quasi-exogenous variation in a...
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Markov or not Markov - this should be a question
Bickenbach, Frank; Bode, Eckhardt - 2001
Although it is well known that Markov process theory, frequently applied in the literature on income convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265521
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Output, Growth, and Convergence in a Creative Region : An Analysis of Some Measurement Issues
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2017
creative regions. We focus first (second) on absolute (relative) convergence. In the absolute (relative) convergence case, the … convergence case, we analyze how to estimate the speed of convergence parameter (σ) and then discuss the relationship between the … variance of y<sub>j</sub>(t) and that of y<sub>j</sub>(0). In the relative convergence case, we study the error associated with …
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Introduction to Disease, Human Health, and Regional Growth and Development in Asia
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2018
We have two objectives in this book. First, we bring together in one place, original research that sheds light on the myriad connections between disease, human health, and regional economic growth and development. Second, given the contemporary salience of Asia in world affairs, we concentrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907386
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Schumpeterian Creative Class Competition, Innovation Policy, and Regional Economic Growth
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2018
We focus on a region that is creative in the sense of Richard Florida. The creative class is broadly composed of existing and candidate entrepreneurs. The general question we analyze concerns the effects of Schumpeterian competition between existing and candidate entrepreneurs on economic growth...
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Positive and Negative Externalities in Innovation, Trade, and Regional Economic Growth
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2013
We analyze the interactions between positive and negative externalities in innovation and trade for economic growth in a region when this region is part of an aggregate economy consisting of two regions. In both regions consumers have constant relative risk aversion preferences, there is human...
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A Two-Sector Model of Creative Capital Driven Regional Economic Growth
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2017
We study aspects of economic growth in a region that is creative in the sense of Richard Florida. We model creativity by supposing that the region under study has two sectors. The first sector uses physical capital {K(t)} and trained workers {A(t)W(t)} to produce creative capital {R(t)}. The...
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Human Capital, Knowledge Spillovers, and One Kind of Semi-Endogenous Regional Economic Growth
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Beladi, Hamid - 2013
We study the implications of the interaction between human capital and knowledge spillovers for one kind of semi-endogenous economic growth in a region. We focus on two cases. In the first (second) case, there is no growth (growth) in the stock of human capital but knowledge spillovers are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039518
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Testing Nonlinear New Economic Geography Models
Bode, Eckhardt; Mutl, Jan - 2010
We test a New Economic Geography (NEG) model for U.S. counties, employing a new strategy that allows us to bring the full NEG model to the data, and to assess selected elements of this model separately. We find no empirical support for the full NEG model. Regional wages in the U.S. do not...
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