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Ports and regional development : a European perspective
Ferrari, Claudio; Merk, Olaf; Bottasso, Anna; Conti, … - 2012
This paper studies the impact of port activity on regional employment, analysing approximately 560 western European regions, including the largest OECD European ports (116 ports), from 2000-06. The empirical analysis is based on a set of employment equations using the Blundell and Bond (1998)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009688656
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Sigma Convergence Versus Beta Convergence : Evidence from U.S. County-Level Data
Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew John; Levy, Daniel - 2015
In this paper we outline (i) why sigma-convergence may not accompany beta-convergence, (ii) discuss evidence of beta-convergence … sigma-convergence has not occurred at the county-level across the U.S., or within the vast majority of the individual U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014029829
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Sigma Convergence versus Beta Convergence : Evidence from U.S. County-Level Data
Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew John; Levy, Daniel - 2015
In this paper we outline (i) why sigma-convergence may not accompany beta-convergence, (ii) discuss evidence of beta-convergence … sigma-convergence cannot be detected at the county-level across the U.S., or within the large majority of the individual U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014026226
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Evaluating the effects of Small Business Administration lending on growth
Higgins, Matthew J.; Lacombe, Donald J.; Stenard, … - In: Small business economics : an international journal 57 (2021) 1, pp. 23-45
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582552
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Regional development and creativity
Marrocu, Emanuela; Paci, Raffaele - 2012
The aim of this paper is to assess the role played by creativity and other components of human capital on the process of economic growth for 257 regions in the 27 member countries of the European Union. We first decompose the regional human capital endowment to distinguish between the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011516047
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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Rotterdam/Amsterdam – the Netherlands
Merk, Olaf; Notteboom, Theo E. - 2013
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, an analysis of the impact of these ports on their territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767299
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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Mersin – Turkey
Merk, Olaf; Bagis, Oguz - 2013
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Mersin, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767379
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Competitiveness of port-cities : the case of Marseille-Fos - France
Merk, Olaf; Comtois, Claude - 2012
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Marseille-Fos, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines declining port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009688620
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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Helsinki - Finland
Merk, Olaf; Hilmola, Olli-Pekka; Dubarle, Patrick - 2012
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the Port of Helsinki, as well as an analysis of the port?s impact on its territory and an assessment of relevant policies and governance. It examines declining port performance in the last decade and identifies the principal factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009688645
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Profiles of local growth and industrial change : facts and an explanation
Dauth, Wolfgang; Südekum, Jens - 2012
In this paper we take a detailed look at the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in German regions over the period 1978-2008. In the aggregate, the German economy is characterized by a secular decline of the manufacturing sector and a rise of the modern service economy. This trend of structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009624668