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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)...

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Selective migration, regional growth and convergence : evidence from Italy

Fratesi, Ugo; Percoco, Marco - In: Regional studies 48 (2014) 10, pp. 1650-1668

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On the relevance of exports for regional output growth in China

Dreger, Christian; Zhang, Yanqun - 2013

Despite high economic growth during the last decades, China is still vulnerable to shocks arising from industrial states. The advanced economies determine Chinese export performance, with subsequent effects on output growth. Using a production function approach, this paper examines to which...

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On the relevance of exports for regional output growth in China

Dreger, Christian; Zhang, Yanqun - 2013

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On the Relevance of Exports for Regional Output Growth in China

Dreger, Christian - 2013

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European regional convergence in a human capital augmented Solow model

Eckey, Hans-Friedrich (contributor); … - 2006

In this paper, the process of productivity convergence is investigated for the enlarged European Union using regional … control for spatial effects. All specifications confirm the presence of convergence with an annual speed between 3 and 3 … in the speed of convergence across the regions, where a higher speed is striking in particular in France and the UK …

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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