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The Brazilian regional development funds and economic growth : a spatial panel approach
Cravo, Túlio A.; Resende, Guilherme Mendes - 2015
The regional development policy in Brazil materializes mainly in the regional development funds for the north-east (FNE), the north (FNO), and the centre-west (FCO), in which more than EUR36 billion was invested between 2004 and 2010. This paper examines the economic effect of these regional...
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South-North convergence from a new perspective
Hübler, Michael - 2013
-North convergence based on North-South technology diffusion through intermediate goods trade is guaranteed if the knowledge effect … dominates the productivity effect. Moreover, a larger Southern market expands the area of convergence and can prevent divergence … convergence is desirable for both, the South and the North. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204037
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Regional and subregional analyses of macroeconomic policy strategies for growth and equality in Southern Africa
Sahoo, Dukhabandhu; Mishra, Diptimayee; Sahoo, Auro Kumar; … - 2020
We investigate the relevance of beta (β, absolute and conditional) and sigma (σ) convergence in the economies of the … understanding of growth and inequality in the region. The region has experienced β- and σ-convergence; however, growth rates of per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404488
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On the relevance of exports for regional output growth in China
Dreger, Christian; Zhang, Yanqun - 2013
Despite high economic growth during the last decades, China is still vulnerable to shocks arising from industrial states. The advanced economies determine Chinese export performance, with subsequent effects on output growth. Using a production function approach, this paper examines to which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009688451
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Regional convergence and economic performance : a case study of the West German Laender
Buscher, Herbert S.; Felder, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 1999
In the paper we analyze the convergence process of the West German Laender from 1970 to 1995 using descriptive tools as … convergence was insufficient in the sense that no gains have been achieved with respect to a stronger harmonization of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442407
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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture : Germany 1925 - 2005
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012
We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business formation tend to be persistent for periods as long as 80...
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The copper sector, fiscal rules, and stabilization funds in Chile : scope and limits
Solimano, Andrés; Calderón Guajardo, Diego - 2017
Historically, Chile has been an economy dominated by mineral and agro-industrial products and subject to frequent external shocks particularly in copper prices. Since the 1980s, the authorities have developed various mechanisms to cope with these shocks and dampen their effects on the domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011617287
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New evidence from the Government Revenue Dataset
McNabb, Kyle - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2016
Recent work on the relationship between tax structure and economic growth has offered little reliable evidence for developing countries. Yet it is in such countries where the greatest changes in tax structure not only have been seen over the past 30 years but will likely continue to be seen in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573226
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Regional stabilization by fiscal equalization? : theoretical considerations and empirical evidence from Germany
Büttner, Thiess - 1999
In the context of EMU fiscal equalization schemes have been proposed as a means to stabilize regions against asymmetric shocks. A theoretical analysis shows that besides reducing the cross-sectional income variance the redistributive element of fiscal equalization causes incentive effects for...
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Incentive effects of fiscal equalization : has Russian style improved?
Frejnkman, Lev M.; Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič; … - 2009
The effects of inter-government fiscal arrangements on variation in regional economic growth are analyzed for Russia, a country with large cross-regional differences and considerable fiscal redistribution. Moreover, fiscal reforms implemented in the first half of 2000s, which followed to some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863070