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Agglomeration and growth : evidence from the regions of Central and Eastern Europe

Vogel, Johanna - 2012 - This version: May 2012

This paper examines the empirical relationship between agglomeration and economic growth for a panel of 48 Central and Eastern European regions from 1995 to 2006. By agglomeration, we mean the within-regional concentration of aggregate economic activity, which we measure using the 'topographic'...

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Sectoral productivity convergence between European regions : does space matter?

Montresor, Elisa; Pecci, Francesco; Pontarollo, Nicola - 2012

The aim of our analysis is the evaluation of the total and sectoral convergence of labour productivity between 182 … adopt a β- and sígma-convergence approach along with a methodology based on Getis' spatial filters that allows decomposing … and low productivity, respectively 'core' and 'periphery'. Our results show significant sígma-convergence in aggregate …

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Growth agglomeration effects in spatially interdependent Latin American regions

Guevara, Carolina - 2015

Theoretical approaches have been developed to examine the effect of agglomeration on growth. However, the understanding of the mechanisms of agglomeration in developing countries remains unaddressed. This paper aims to give empirical evidence of the role of agglomeration on the growth of Latin...

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The European countries : the role of services : special session SS33, Services and the Territory: Spatial Aspects and Problems of Service Activities

Cuadrado Roura, Juan R.; Maroto Sánchez, Andrés - 2010

The relationship between economic structure and productivity growth has been a subject of increasing interest over recent decades. The innovative focus of this paper concerns the role of the service sector in this relationship at a regional level. Services play a core role in advanced economies,...

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Regional convergence and economic development in the EU : the relation between national growth and regional disparities within the old and the new member states

Kramar, Hans - 2015

While European integration has substantially contributed to economic convergence between the member states of the EU … towards economic convergence on a national scale between 2000 and 2011, mainly caused by the rapid growth of the most lagging … countries. On a regional scale, however, the process of convergence was much slower and almost came to an end after the …

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Income convergence, migration and geography : distribution analysis of regions in Norway

Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll - 2010

Empirical evidence about income convergence among regions and countries is inconclusive and it is necessary to clarify … the economic and institutional conditions for convergence. We investigate movements in the income distribution among … development. The convergence towards a narrower unimodal distribution of per capita income is convincing in this homogenous …

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The impact of structural and macroeconomic factors on regional productivity

D'Costa, Sabine; Garcilazo, Enrique; Oliveira-Martins, … - 2012

We aim to understand the impact of nation-wide structural policies such as product market regulation and employment protection legislation and that of macroeconomic factors such as trade exposure, inflation and the level of government debt on the economic growth of regions in the OECD. In...

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Regional FDI spillovers and local suppliers : disentangling the effects of foreign ownership, technology gap and absorptive capacity

Jordaan, Jacob A. - 2012

In this paper, I present novel empirical evidence in support of the idea that FDI firms can act as an important driver of regional growth, by acting as a source of new knowledge and technologies to local suppliers in a host economy. For the analysis, I use unique firm level data that I obtained...

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Does manure management regulation work against agglomeration economies? : evidence from French hog production

Gaigné, Carl; Le Gallo, Julie; Larue, Solène; … - 2010

The well-known rise in the geographical concentration of hog production suggests the presence of agglomeration economies related to spatial spillovers and inter-dependencies among industries. In this paper, we examine whether manure management regulation restricting manure application per acre...

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Anticipatory effects of rail upgrades : Auckland's Western Line

Grimes, Arthur L.; Young, Chris - 2010

We examine effects of urban passenger rail upgrades to Auckland's Western Line, including double tracking, station development, and related urban renewal projects. The results are used to assess anticipated net benefits of the developments. The rail-related upgrades are expected to be completed...

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