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A retrospective study on the regional benefits and spillover effects of high-speed broadband networks : evidence from German counties

Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas S.; Gugler, Klaus - 2019 - This version: May 2019

There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our study aims to assess the economic benefits of high-speed broadband networks within...

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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture : Germany 1925-2005

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2011

Studies for established market economies such as West Germany (Fritsch and Mueller, 2007), and Sweden (Andersson and Koster, 2011) have shown that regional start-up rates tend to show a relatively high level of persistence and path dependency over periods of 10-15 years. One main reason for this...

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Market selection and regional diversification : empirical regularities from German panel-data

Noseleit, Florian - 2010

Several theoretical approaches to explaining economic growth focus on externalities arising from interactions between economic agents. A frequently discussed source of such externalities is regional diversity of the industry structure. A large number of empirical studies support the argument...

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Knowledge does not fall far from the tree : a case study on the diffusion of solar cells in Germany

Rode, Johannes; Weber, Alexander - 2011

The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the geographical diffusion of photovoltaic installations in Germany quantitatively and to test if preexisting photovoltaic systems stimulate further installations nearby; thus we investigate to which extent knowledge flows depend on geographic...

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Do public subsidies add to private sector R&D activity? : microeconometric evidence for regional innovation policy in East Germany

Reinkowski, Janina; Alecke, Björn; Mitze, Timo; … - 2010 - First version: January 2010; this version: March 2010, draft

We analyse the effect of public Research and Development (R&D) subsidies on private sector innovativeness for a cross-section of East German firms applying different matching estimations, which are primary based on an estimate of a propensity score. To do so, we use a until now unexplored...

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The German Energiewende under attack : is there an irrational Sonderweg?

Gawel, Erik; Strunz, Sebastian; Lehmann, Paul - 2012

The German energy transition repeatedly faces harsh critiques questioning its economic and environmental merit. This article defends the Energiewende and argues that Germany has chosen a rational and particularly forceful approach to securing sustainable energy supply. Though current...

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Power system transformation toward renewables : investment scenarios for Germany

Egerer, Jonas; Schill, Wolf-Peter - 2014

We analyze distinctive investment scenarios for the integration of fluctuating renewables in the German power system. Using a combined model for dispatch, transmission, and investment, three different investment options are considered, including gas-fired power plants, pumped hydro storage, and...

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Knowledge accumulation from public renewable energy R&D in the European Union : converging or diverging trends?

Grafström, Jonas; Söderholm, Patrik; Gawel, Erik; … - 2017

Bottom-up processes of policy convergence are increasingly discussed as a substitute for the absence of supranational …-up convergence? In order to answer this question, we first construct country-specific R&D-based knowledge stocks, and then … Member States over the time period 1990-2012 is employed to test for the presence of conditional â-convergence using a bias …

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Determinants of regional productivity growth in Europe : an empirical analysis

Bulavskaya, Tatyana; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Linders, … - 2011

Discussion on the possibilities for and barriers to income convergence and catch-up growth is at the heart of the … catch-up. Both convergence and divergence of productivity across regions are possible. Results show that all considered …

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Raumentwicklung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Wachstum und Schrumpfung : was können überregionale Partnerschaften leisten?

Pennekamp, Sandra - 2010

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