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Making the most of public investment to address regional inequalities, megatrends and future shocks

OECD - 2022

Public investment is a key policy lever to tackle the big challenges faced by society – climate change, demographic trends, digitalisation, and economic and other shocks. Investment helps to lay the foundations for future economic prosperity and well-being in our cities and regions. It can...

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Transformación económica desde la óptica fiscal. ¿Puede existir un equilibrio entre el corto, mediano y largo plazo para fomentar el desarrollo?

Valdivia, Daney; Loayza, Lilian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper computes the fiscal stance in a small open economy and asses its position to relevant macroeconomic variables in order to protect the macroeconomic stability and promote development. Since 2006 change in income and tax structure shifts the implementation of fiscal policy, increasing...

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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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Un Estudio Espacial sobre la Pobreza Municipal en Bolivia

Vargas, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

In this work we will analyze the spatial correlation of poverty and inequality (FGT0 and FGT1) in Bolivia using data at municipal level, we also study the determinants of poverty using a spatial autoregressive model (SAR).

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Convergence of Total Health Expenditure as a Share of GDP: Evidence from Selected OECD Countries

Fallahi, Firouz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper studies convergence in the ratio of total health expenditures to GDP (HEGDP) for a sample of OECD countries … over the period 1960-2006. Stochastic convergence is tested using unit root tests, without and with a structural break …. Moreover, beta-convergence is examined by applying a method that allows for a structural break and is robust to the presence of …

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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...

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