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HALF LIFE OR HALF CONVERGENCE? ENDOGENOUS IDENTIFICATION OF REGIONAL CLUBS ACROSS EUROPE 1980-2002
Battisti, Michele; Vaio, Granfranco Di - Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DEF), Libera …
Assessing regional growth and convergence across Europe is a matter of primary importance, either in light of the … structural heterogeneities and spatial effects could fail to detect club convergence phenomena. In this paper, we adopt a … spatially filtered mixture regression approach that endogenously identifies regional clubs of beta-­convergence, in order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005756561
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U.S. Regional Population Growth 2000-2010: Natural Amenities or Urban Agglomeration?
Rickman, Dan S.; Wang, Hongbo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Using a spatial hedonic growth model, this paper empirically examines the relative roles of natural amenities and urban agglomeration economies as determinants of U.S. regional growth patterns from 2000 to 2010. Natural amenities and urban agglomeration are measured using the USDA Economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112539
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Institutions and geography: Empirical test of spatial growth models for European regions
Arbia, Giuseppe; Battisti, Michele; Di Vaio, Gianfranco - Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DEF), Libera … - 2009
the regional output per worker and raises the speed of convergence. By contrast, the pure geographical metrics is … underperforming, while underestimating the convergence dynamics. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855341
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The European Union, southern multinationals and the question of the 'strategic industries'
Clifton, Judith; Díaz-Fuentes, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper analyzes how the European Union has responded to Inward Foreign Direct Investment from Emerging Markets, particularly in the so-called Strategic Industries. Attention is focused on two sectors which have long been considered strategic assets by most countries around the world for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283795
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Social capital in Europe from 1990 to 2012: trends, path-dependency and convergence
Sarracino, Francesco; Mikucka, Malgorzata - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
social capital in 30 Western and Eastern European countries. The paper demonstrates that the convergence of social capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011253064
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Decomposing European NUTS2 regional inequality from 1980 to 2009: national and European policy implications
Doran, Justin; Jordan, Declan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
to which convergence has occurred. To investigate the underlying causes of the changes in inequality, the Theil … convergence of employment-population ratios across regions. Research limitations/implications – The paper argues that national … European regions. Originality/value – This paper's main contribution is to highlight how national convergence can lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260292
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Regional convergence and the causal impact of migration on regional growth rates
Kirdar, Murat; Saracoglu, Sirin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
convergence in per capita income levels and that migration has a negative causal impact on regional growth rates. Although the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619903
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Migration and Regional Convergence: An Empirical Investigation for Turkey
Kirdar, Murat; Saracoglu, Sirin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
convergence in per capita income levels and that migration has a negative causal impact on regional growth rates. Although the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621477
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Lake Amenities, Environmental Degradation, and Great Lakes Regional Growth
Stephens, Heather; Partridge, Mark - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Regional migration and growth are increasingly associated with high-quality in situ natural amenities. However, most of the previous U.S. research has focused on the natural amenities of the Mountain West or the South. The Great Lakes, with their abundant fresh water and natural amenities, would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109109
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Development of System Dynamic Model of Latvia’s Economic Integration in the EU
Skribans, Valerijs - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Joining the European Union big opportunities in the international markets have opened for Latvia. Paper purpose is to investigate influence of international integration processes on development of economy of Latvia. Latvia's incoming in EU increased the amount of received means from structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367975