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Regional infrastructure and convergence : growth implications in a spatial framework

Del Bo, Chiara; Florio, Massimo; Manzi, Giancarlo - 2009 - This Version: Novembre 24th 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705916

Regional Income Inequality and Convergence Processes in the EU-25

Paas, Tiiu; Schlitte, Friso - 2006

This paper deals with the development of regional income disparities and convergence processes in the countries of the … the period 1995 - 2003. We use the two classical concepts of s – and ß-convergence. Furthermore, spatial econometric …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295545

Regional income inequality and convergence processes in the EU-25

Paas, Tiiu; Schlitte, Friso - 2007

This paper deals with the development of disparities in regional per capita GDP and convergence processes in the … inequality in order to show the development of between- and within-country disparities. Secondly, we conduct a formal Ø-convergence … centre of Europe. However, the convergence process has been driven mainly by national factors. In the course of this process …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305511

Space and growth

Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004

This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342567

Age Structure and Regional Income Growth

Brunow, Stephan; Hirte, Georg - 2005

A spatial econometrics cross-section analysis of the NUTS2 regions of the EU15 is carried out to examine whether the age structure of the regional population or differences in the regional age pattern affect growth of regional per capita income. We apply two parsimonious models of the age...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296771

The impact of regional absorptive capacity on spatial knowledge spillovers

Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - 2008

We design a conceptual framework for linking two approaches: the literature on absorptive capacity and the literature on spatial knowledge spillovers. Regions produce new knowledge, but only part of it is efficiently adopted in the economy; the share of efficiently adopted technology depends on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377391

Is regional innovative activity path-dependent? : an empirical analysis for Germany

Bode, Eckhardt - 2001

Based on a standard idea-based model of endogenous growth we test the hypothesis that regional innovative activity is path-dependent, and investigate the geographical scope of knowledge spillovers. Using data for West-German regions, two alternative indicators of the stock of knowledge are...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477128

What makes regions in Eastern Europe catching up? : the role of foreign investment, human resources and geography

Tondl, Gabriele; Vuksic, Goran - 2003

This paper analyses regional growth in Eastern Europe in the second half of the 1990s, when regional disparities sharply increased. We aim to identify the factors behind growth and investigate in particular the role of (foreign) investment, education and innovation as well as geographical...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516933

Schumpeterian growth with technological interdependence : an application to US states

Deeken, Tim - 2015

In this paper, the Schumpeterian growth model developed by Ertur and Koch (2011) that includes spatial interactions between units of observation working via R&D spillovers is presented in detail. The implications of this model and three additional growth models with and without spatial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379935

Aggregate and regional economic effects of new railway infrastructure

Polasek, Wolfgang; Schwarzbauer, Wolfgang; Sellner, Richard - 2009

Economists expect positive returns to investments in infrastructure. However a project with higher national returns might have less favourable effects on a regional level than the alternative. Therefore new infrastructure should also be assessed on a regional level, but econom(etr)ic evaluation...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293987

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