Similar Search Results

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265496

Ökonomische Überlegungen zur Anerkennung von Seehafenlasten im Länderfinanzausgleich

Sichelschmidt, Henning - 2000

Mit der Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zum Länderfinanzausgleich steht auch die Berücksichtigung der Seehafenlasten der Küstenländer auf dem Prüfstand. Ökonomische Erwägungen sprechen dafür, die Belastungen dieser Länder durch Investitionen in die Hafeninfrastruktur künftig...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265454

Verkehrsspezifische Ausgaben und Einnahmen der Gebietskörperschaften in Deutschland: eine empirische Analyse

Laaser, Claus-Friedrich; Rosenschon, Astrid - 2001

Against the backdrop of increasing efforts of the German federal and states’ governments to open up additional private financial sources for transport infrastucture construction this paper tries to give a comprehensive overview over transport-related public expenditures and revenues of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265482

Das Projekt eines deutschen Tiefwasser-Containerhafens und seine Rolle im Standortwettbewerb

Sichelschmidt, Henning - 2001

The paper analyses the perspectives for a new container port at the German North Sea coast. In view of the expected further enlargement of container ship sizes and sustained growth in international trade, the port seems to be an economically sound project. Public funds, however, will probably...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273992

Assessing the advantages of EMU-enlargement for the EU and the accession countries: a comparative indicator approach

Schweickert, Rainer - 2001

The paper takes into account both the concerns of the EU, arguing that convergence is incomplete, and the demands from … accession countries, claiming that monetary integration is optimal. Indicators are developed which measure convergence and … benefits from monetary integration. The more serious problem is a lack of convergence which could imply serious risks during …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332956

BioRegio, BioProfile and the rise of the German biotech industry

Dohse, Dirk; Staehler, Tanja - 2008

The BioRegio contest and the BioProfile contest initiated by the German Federal Government have drawn much international attention as prototypes of a new kind of technology policy aiming at the exploitation of regional innovation and growth potential through clustering. There is, however, little...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263525

Localized knowledge spillovers and regional employment growth: evidence from Germany

Bode, Eckhardt - 1999

The present paper aims at explaining the regional deconcentration of economic activities in (West) Germany during the past two decades. Using an idea-based endogenous growth model that encloses several innovative sectors, that subjects economic activity to externalities of agglomeration, and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265439

Urban specialization in the internet age: Empirical findings for Germany

Bade, Franz-Josef; Laaser, Claus-Friedrich; Soltwedel, … - 2004

Declining spatial transaction costs will affect patterns of urban specialization. The underlying hypothesis is that production locations of goods and services which require face-to-face contacts will continue to be concentrated in core cities of large agglomerations even in the Internet age...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273158

Konvergieren oder divergieren die regionalen Pro-Kopf-Einkommen in Westdeutschland? Eine empirische Untersuchung anhand von Markov-Ketten

Bode, Eckhardt - 1996

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht, welchen Beitrag die sogenannten Konvergenzregressionen einerseits und die Schätzungen von Markov-Ketten andererseits zur Klärung der Frage leisten können, ob die regionalen Pro-Kopf-Einkommen in Westdeutschland seit Mitte der siebziger Jahre konvergiert oder...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276884

Determinants of government bond spreads in the Euro Area: in good times as in bad

Aßmann, Christian; Boysen-Hogrefe, Jens - 2009

Despite the single currency, yields on government bonds in the Euro Area deviate from German bond yields. These bond spreads are usually attributed to differing default and liquidity risks. Recent research points out that time-varying global factors, approximated by risk measures or short term...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265252