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This paper examines the relationship between economic growth and the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector for a panel of 503 Brazilian micro-regions for the period 1980-2004 using panel spatial econometrics. It investigates the importance of the SME sector size measured by the share of the...
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in the analysis of the convergence process of European Union (EU15) regions by systematically applying a method to … results suggest that convergence pattern of EU regions depends on the spatial scale of analysis and that convergence occurs …
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structural and R&D policy the aim of the current paper is to assess, to what extent they have supported regional convergence, not … measure the impacts on regional convergence in a European (country wise) and urban-rural perspective. The first part of the … developments and perspectives until 2020. The second part considers the impact on the process of convergence of the current decline …
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The evaluation of regional inequalities and the monitoring of their evolution (regional convergence/divergence analysis … appraises the effectiveness of regional policy. Extending the methodology of (regional) convergence clubs, the paper examines … for the existence of convergence clubs, in per capita GDP terms, among the NUTS III regions of Greece during the period …
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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...
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The EU regions have been experiencing a period of unprecedented change. The ongoing (and parallel) processes of EU integration and enlargement have progressively transformed regional economies to integral parts of the emerging (European) socio-economic space, exposing them to the forces and the...
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The spatial patterns of changes in economic diversion and convergence have become more blurred in the last decades … traditional way to analyze convergence and disparities based on consolidated national or geographical based groups of regions. The … analyzed. Section 2 provides a survey of regional growth performance with special attention on divergence and convergence based …
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growth performance and convergence. In the first part of the paper, the innovation performance of the regions is modelled … considered. In the second part of the paper the innovation performance is related to the process of convergence and divergence …. Earlier research has shown that although convergence is present at aggregated European Union level a much more diversified …
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economic activities metropolitan regions can lead to excess growth, and contribute to a process of convergence between nations … location quotients and the change of LQ) are included. Within these groups we study the process of convergence by use of the … traditional measures of convergence. The findings are compared with traditional geographical convergence results, enabling an …
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In Brazil, the regional development policy is directed by the regional development funds for the Northeast (FNE), the North (FNO), and the Central-West (FCO), which invested more than ?36 billion in lagging regions between 2004 and 2010. This policy seeks to facilitate the economic and social...
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