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Too much of a good thing? On the growth effects of the EU's regional policy

Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter H.; von Ehrlich, Maximilian - In: European Economic Review 56 (2012) 4, pp. 648-668

and the Cohesion Fund. The main goal of the associated transfers is to facilitate convergence of poor regions (in terms of … would lead to higher aggregate growth in the EU and could generate even faster convergence than the current scheme does. …

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Local labour market conditions and the spatial mobility of science and technology university students: evidence from Italy

Dotti, Nicola Francesco; Fratesi, Ugo; Lenzi, Camilla; … - In: Review of Regional Research 34 (2014) 2, pp. 119-137

In the knowledge era, the importance of highly-qualified human capital has been widely recognized as a key factor for local economic development, especially for those areas specialized in science and technology (S&T). Assuming a regional perspective, the capacity to attract this kind of people...

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Globalization and Competitive Strategies in European Vulnerable Regions

Affuso, Antonio; Capello, Roberta; Fratesi, Ugo - In: Regional Studies 45 (2011) 5, pp. 657-675

Affuso A., Capello R. and Fratesi U. Globalization and competitive strategies in European vulnerable regions, Regional Studies. This paper highlights the role played by structural economic features and industrial competitive strategies in the performance of a group of European regions, defined...

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Too much of a good thing? On the growth effects of the EU's regional policy

Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter H.; Von Ehrlich, Maximilian - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2012

and the Cohesion Fund. The main goal of the associated transfers is to facilitate convergence of poor regions (in terms of … to higher aggregate growth in the EU and could generate even faster convergence than the current scheme does. …

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Trends and cycles in regional economic growth

Henning, Martin; Enflo, Kerstin; Andersson, Fredrik N.G. - In: Explorations in Economic History 48 (2011) 4, pp. 538-555

Using a novel dataset of regional GDP per worker from 1860 to 2009, this paper analyzes communalities in regional long-term growth trajectories for 24 Swedish regions. Wavelet Analysis and Principal Component Analysis are used to decompose regional growth trajectories and assess the extent that...

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