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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Hong Kong – China

Merk, Olaf; Li, Jing - 2013

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Hong Kong, an analysis of the impact of the port on the territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed...

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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Antofagasta – Chile

Merk, Olaf - 2013

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of ports of Antofagasta, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229998

The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Danube Axis (Bratislava, Štúrovo, Komárno – Slovak Republic)

Bossche, Marten van den; Merk, Olaf; Li, Jing - 2013

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the inland ports of the Slovak Republic within the framework of the Danube Axis, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230011

The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Shanghai – China

Hong, Zhen; Merk, Olaf; Nan, Zhao; Li, Jing; Mingying, Xu - 2013

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Shanghai, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230716

Unconditional convergence in currency unions : an analysis of European regions from 1991 to 2009

Firgo, Matthias; Huber, Peter - 2013

We analyze unconditional within-country convergence from 1991 to 2009 in 21 European countries. Unlike most previous … studies we focus on the heterogeneity of convergence. We find that convergence processes in currency unions are extremely … question the focus of the traditional literature on average (beta-)convergence and suggest substantial non-linearities in …

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Regional perspectives and distributional effects of European regional policies

Bonfiglio, Andrea; Esposti, Roberto; Pagliacci, Francesco; … - 2014

A major objective of this study is to analyse the evolutionary patterns of regional linkages and disparities across the EU space, especially those related to rural and peripheral/remote regions. In particular, this report assesses the economy-wide effects, in terms of GDP and employment,...

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Do research universities boost regional economic development? : evidence from China

Chu, Shuai; Liu, Xiangbo - 2021

This paper studies whether research universities can boost regional economic development through an exogenous shock of a forced relocation of a research university in China. We analyze the development in the treated regions compared with a set of control regions that are created using the...

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Effects of R&D subsidies on regional economic dynamics : evidence from Chinese provinces

Eberle, Jonathan; Boeing, Philipp - 2019

We investigate the impact of research and development (R&D) subsidies on R&D inputs of large- and medium-sized firms and on additional innovation and economic activities in Chinese provinces. A panel vector autoregressive (VAR) model and corresponding impulse response function (IRF) analysis...

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The link between regional temperature and regional income : econometric evidence with sub-national data

Greßer, Christina; Meierrieks, Daniel; Stadelmann, David - 2020

We study the effect of temperature on economic development on the sub-national level, employing cross-sectional data for up to 15,533 sub-national units from two distinct sources. In contrast to the existing cross-country literature on the temperature-income relationship, our setting allows us...

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The contribution of universities to growth : empirical evidence for Italy

Carree, Martin Anthony; Della Malva, Antonio; … - 2011 - Version: October 21, 2011

New entrepreneurial ventures may represent a viable and effective mechanism to transform academic knowledge into regional economic growth. We test this notion for the Italian provinces between 2001 and 2006. We evaluate three outputs of academic activities: teaching, research and Intellectual...

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