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Effects of policy mix on European regional convergence
López-Bravo, Ignacio Sacristán; San Juan Mesonada, Carlos - 2022
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
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Convergence at last? Evidence from Transition Countries
Polanec, Saso - LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, … - 2004
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
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Barriers to entry and regional economic growth in China
Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui; Storesletten, Kjetil - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241551
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Productivity, Accumulation, and Other Public Diseconomies in the Colombian Economic Growth
Ortiz, Carlos Humberto; Uribe, José Ignacio; Vivas, Harvy - 2013
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
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The Effects of Public Capital on the Productivity of the Italian Regions
Marrocu, Emanuela - 2011
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
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Is Infrastructure Productive? Evaluating the Effects of Specific Infrastructure Projects on Firm Productivity within New Zealand
Timmins, Jason Craig - 2006
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
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Public Infrastructure as a Determinant of Intertemporal and Interregional Productive Performance in China
Fu, Feng-Cheng; Vijverberg, Chu-Ping C.; Vijverberg, Wim P.M - 2021
This paper focuses on the question whether public infrastructure capital matters for labor productivity in China, both over time and across regions. It finds that public infrastructure is a significant determinant of variations in labor productivity across provinces, but the contribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319500
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The Effects of Public Capital on the Productivity of the Italian Regions
Marrocu, Emanuela; Paci, Raffaele - 2007
This paper investigates on the role played by public capital in increasing the productivity levels in Italy. For the construction of the regional series for the public capital stock over the period 1996-2003, the study benefits from the use of the rich dataset on public expenditure, recently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051046
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Quantifying The Impact Of Current Crisis On The Convergence In EU And Post-Crisis Scenarios
Albu, Lucian-Liviu - 2012
Certainly the current crisis is affecting seriously the convergence process in EU. Starting from the spatial … rate has a fundamental role. In the general process of economic development and in the context of convergence in EU for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011340765
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Convergence and distortions: The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland between 1996-2009
Kónya, István - 2011
The paper interprets the growth and convergence experience of three Central-Eastern European economies (the Czech …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322466