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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)...
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An integrated approach to the Paris climate Agreement : the role of regions and cities
Matsumoto, Tadashi; Allain-Dupré, Dorothée; Crook, … - 2019
Following the historic 2015 Paris Agreement aiming to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100, 165 Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, representing 192 countries, have been submitted. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) detail each...
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South-North convergence from a new perspective
Hübler, Michael - 2013
-North convergence based on North-South technology diffusion through intermediate goods trade is guaranteed if the knowledge effect … dominates the productivity effect. Moreover, a larger Southern market expands the area of convergence and can prevent divergence … convergence is desirable for both, the South and the North. …
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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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Ageing and productivity growth in OECD regions : combatting the economic impact of ageing through productivity growth?
Daniele, Federica; Honiden, Taku; Lembcke, Alexander C. - 2019
OECD countries and their regions are ageing fast. In principle, the negative impact of ageing on the growth rate of per capita gross domestic product could be offset by increases in productivity. However, for many regions, productivity growth required to maintain per capita GDP levels constant...
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Municipal fragmentation and economic performance of OECD TL2 regions
Bartolini, David - 2015
The present work investigates the relationship between municipal fragmentation and regional per capita GDP growth rate, using a panel of OECD TL2 regions in the period 1996-2011. According to the fiscal decentralisation literature, fragmentation should enhance growth as local government closer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392703
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Income Inequality, Urban Size and Economic Growth in OECD Regions
Royuela, Vicente - 2014
The purpose of this paper is to understand how income inequality is associated with economic growth in OECD regions and whether the degree and type of urban concentration affects this relationship. Both income inequality and urban concentration can be seen as patterns of resource allocation that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281414
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Regional convergence and economic performance : a case study of the West German Laender
Buscher, Herbert S.; Felder, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 1999
In the paper we analyze the convergence process of the West German Laender from 1970 to 1995 using descriptive tools as … convergence was insufficient in the sense that no gains have been achieved with respect to a stronger harmonization of the …
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Does regional economic growth depend on proximity to urban centres?
Ahrend, Rudiger; Schumann, Abel - 2014
This paper analyses the spatial patterns of regional economic growth in Europe over the 1995 to 2010 period. It finds that regions, which contain large urban agglomerations, have been growing significantly faster than those that do not. Furthermore, proximity to large urban agglomerations has...
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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Hamburg - Germany
Merk, Olaf; Hesse, Markus - 2012
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the Port of Hamburg, as well as an analysis of the port?s impact on its territory and an assessment of relevant policies and governance. It examines port performance in the last decade and identifies the principal factors that have...
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