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A multilevel analysis on the economic impact of public infrastructure and corruption on Italian regions

Torrisi, Gianpiero - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper uses data contained in the Regional Public Accounts database to investigate the heterogeneity of the impact of public infrastructure across Italian regions basing the analysis also on institutional and political ground. The issue is here addressed linking the analysis of the impact of...

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African Development: Beyond Income Convergence

Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

indicators could support both endogenous and neoclassical growth theories in the convergence debate. This paper investigates … convergence in real per capita GDP and inequality adjusted human development in African countries, disaggregated into 11 … the contrary. As a policy implication, looking beyond income convergence can provide a concrete agenda for development …

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Financing transport infrastrucure projects in Italy: a critical analysis of the main approaches

Laurino, Antonio; Beria, Paolo; Grimaldi, Raffaele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper aims at analysing the methodology used for financing large infrastructure projects in Italy. In particular, it focuses on the Italian highway sector, where in the last years many projects have been launched using new financial instruments. The paper discusses three of these...

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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...

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GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE

Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

Debate over Growth and Development are quite old in the history of economic thinking. It is argued that development encompasses comprehensive issues like health, education, equality, and liveability while growth is too narrow a concept. This paper analyses the growth and development experience...

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Corruption and Infrastructure at the Country and Regional Level

Gillanders, Robert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper examines the relationship between corruption and infrastructure at both the country and regional level using the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys data. A statistically significant and considerable relationship is established between the measure of corruption in the macro data and the...

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Understanding Economic Growth in Indian States

NR, Bhanumurthy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The present study tries to understand the trends and determinants of economic growth in Indian states. For this, it considers two important determinants such as infrastructure and financial development. With the help of panel time series models, the study concludes that although both the...

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The Italian expenditure in transport infrastructure: a survey

Beria, Paolo; Brambilla, Marco; Erba, Stefano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

The aim of the paper is to analyse the most important quantitative data on Italian expenditures in transport infrastructures (investment and maintenance costs), linking the expenditure with traffic flows. The analysis concerns rail and road networks (both for national and local roads), over the...

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The Role of Telecommunication Infrastructure in the Regional Economic Growth of Africa

Enowbi Batuo, Michael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper deals with the effects of telecommunications on the economic growth in African countries. The telecommunications sector became a vital sector during the era of the economic reform that has been characterising the continent. We investigate empirically the role of telecommunication...

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Industrial Activity in Indian States: The Role of Infrastructure

Dutta, Jayasri; Horsewood, Nicholas; Vasilakos, Nicholas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

We use panel data for fourteen Indian states to assess the influence of public infrastructure on industrial activity, namely productivity, employment, real wages and investment, at the state level and over the period 1974-1998. Our results indicate that the length of national highways has on...

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