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Agglomeration, Spatial Interaction and Convergence in the EU

Bräuninger, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2005

We investigate the convergence process among EU regions between 1980-2002 taking into account the effects of spatial …

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Convergence and the effects of spatial interaction

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the issue of income convergence has received considerable attention in economic … scarce. The present paper is an attempt to provide additional information on the spatial aspect of convergence. Spatial … econometric methods are used to investigate regional convergence in West Germany. The results indicate that spatial interaction is …

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Regional convergence in the European Union (1985 - 1999): A spatial dynamic panel analysis

Badinger, Harald; Müller, Werner G.; Tondl, Gabriele - 2002

We estimate the speed of income convergence for a sample of 196 European NUTS 2 regions over the period 1985-1999. So … convergence of 6.9 per cent and a capital elasticity of 0.43. …

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Spatial dependence of regional unemployment in the European Union

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2002

The findings of recent studies on adjustment processes suggest that regional labour markets in the EU and the US differ significantly. Low wage flexibility and limited labour mobility in European countries involve persistent unemployment differentials across regions. However, the spatial...

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Divergence – Is it geography?

Straubhaar, Thomas; Suhrcke, Marc; Urban, Dieter M. - 2002

This paper tests a geography and growth model using regional data for Europe, the US, and Japan. We set up a standard geography and growth model with a poverty trap and derive a log-linearized growth equation that corresponds directly to a threshold regression technique in econometrics. In...

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Austrian border regions and eastern integration: A low competitiveness - high growth paradoxon

Mayerhofer, Peter - 2002

Many regions on the EU Eastern borders have developed favourably after the opening up of the border and the implementation of association agreements with the CEECs. This was often seen as a positive sign for the further perspectives of these regions after EU enlargement. In this paper we take a...

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Interactions between national and regional development

Davies, Sara; Hallet, Martin - 2002

Williamson (1965) argued that catching up countries experiencing strong national growth tend also to see a widening in regional disparities, whereas in more developed economies strong national growth and falling regional disparities could go hand in hand. We find some evidence of a trade-off...

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Threshold effects and regional economic growth – Evidence from West Germany

Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2001

We study an overlapping generations model of human capital accumulation with threshold effects using regional data for West Germany. Our basic goal is to shed light on the growth of West German regions. The paper finds that the relative income distribution appears to be stratifying into a...

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Glocalisation, foreign direct investment and regional development perspectives: Empirical results for West German regions

Knödler, Hermann; Albertshauser, Ulrich - 2001

The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German regions in the process of globalisation. Public statistics do not provide FDI data on a regional basis. Therefore our study was based on indicators based on the data from the...

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Spatial R&D spillovers and economic growth: Evidence from West Germany

Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000

The paper bases itself on recent theoretical writings in growth economics that empha-size the effects of both own R&D efforts and of interregional technology spillovers on regions´ productivity. We propose robust estimation techniques to evaluate the R&D spillovers across West German functional...

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