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Space and growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342567
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The impact of regional absorptive capacity on spatial knowledge spillovers
Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - 2008
We design a conceptual framework for linking two approaches: the literature on absorptive capacity and the literature on spatial knowledge spillovers. Regions produce new knowledge, but only part of it is efficiently adopted in the economy; the share of efficiently adopted technology depends on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377391
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Is there convergence of Russia's regions? : exploring the empirical evidence ; 1995 - 2010
Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - 2013
This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995 …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we … regional product confirm this outcome as do non-parametric estimates of convergence, namely estimates using Markov transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010127808
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Regional convergence in Russia : estimating a neoclassical growth model
Lehmann, Hartmut; Oščepkov, Aleksej Ju.; Silvagni, … - 2020
In this paper, we study convergence in per capita gross regional products across Russian regions in the period from … model to analyze the regional convergence process in the Russian case. We also take into account possible spatial effects … and do a series of other robustness checks. Our main estimates establish a convergence rate of around 2% per year. While …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183996
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The impact of local decentralization on economic growth : evidence from U.S. counties
Hammond, George W.; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2009
We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919883
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Territorial capital and regional growth : increasing returns in cognitive knowledge use
Capello, Roberta; Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - 2009
Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378339
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The phantom of the opera : cultural amenities, human capital, and regional economic growth
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2010
We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibrium share of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasi-natural experiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution of baroque opera houses built as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688861
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Agglomeration, innovation and regional development : theoretical perspectives and meta-analysis
Groot, Henri L. F. de; Poot, Jacques; Smit, Martijn J. - 2007
Innovation and technological change are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally-connected knowledge-driven economy, the relevance of agglomeration forces that rely on proximity continues to increase, paradoxically despite declining real costs of information, communication...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372972
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Agglomeration externalities and localized employment growth
Vor, Friso de; Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2008
This paper addresses the question to what extent the performance of industrial sites is affected by their local economic structure and accessibility. For this aim, we test for the existence of statistically significant relationships between agglomeration externalities (specialization, diversity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374409
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Cognitive capital and islands of innovation : the Lucas growth model from a regional perspective
Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009720764