Showing 91 - 100 of 3,078
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002519
This paper analyses the impact of the fiscal-monetary policy mix on the convergence on per capita income of the least … regions, but would slow down the convergence process in Objective 1 regions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014293976
In this paper, we test the neoclassical growth model and its main prediction of conditional convergence of productivity …-1998 and 1998-2002 and confirm the convergence hypothesis only for the last period of transition, while in the early transition … results, however, should not yet be intepreted as a sign of a permenent return to convergence in transition countries as they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005449570
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241551
The trend of economic growth in Colombia shifted from acceleration (since the 30's to the 60's) to deceleration (from the 70's to the 90's). This reversal of the Colombian economic dynamics is related to the tendency reduction of productivity gains. To obtain this result it is proposed that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014156821
aggregate and at a regional level but spatial variation can be large. -- regional growth convergence ; traffic accessibility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009734680
This article investigates the role played by public capital in increasing the productivity levels in Italy. For construction of the regional series for the public capital stock over the period 1996 to 2003, the study benefits from the use of the rich dataset on public expenditure, recently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131537
This paper empirically examines the causal effect of railway infrastructure on local economic development using the construction of Qingzang railway as a natural experiment. We apply the difference-in-difference method and find that the Qingzang railway significantly stimulated the economy of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082399
The paper investigates the feasibility of using a variant of the spatial equilibrium model to estimate the productivity effects of a specific infrastructure project in New Zealand. Policy makers are interested in the marginal effects of infrastructure investment on productivity and an evaluation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012733363
Imbalances in regional infrastructural availability have been a major reason behind lopsided development in India. This paper examines the veracity of this argument in light of empirical results at the district level using a multidimensional approach with sub-sectoral, sectoral and composite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776750