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Spatial agglomeration dynamics
Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
global geography. The same economic forces influence simultaneously growth, convergence, and spatial agglomeration and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884745
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Empirics for growth and distribution
Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997
peaks" in the cross-sectional distribution, not simple patterns of convergence or divergence. The theo- retical problems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928725
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Cross-country growth comparison : theory to empirics
Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
This paper reviews the cross-country record of economic growth, using as organizing framework how economic theory has guided that empirical analysis. The paper argues that recent studies of economic growth—both empirical and theoretical—distinguish from previous work in three distinct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071327
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The Influence of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors on Health and Obesity in Rural Appalachia
Amarasinghe, Anura; D'Souza, Gerard; Brown, Cheryl; Oh, … - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2006
A recursive system of ordered self assessed health (SAH) and a binary indicator of obesity were used to investigate the impact of socioeconomic and environmental factors on health and obesity in the predominantly rural Appalachian state of West Virginia. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929315
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A Spatial Analysis of Obesity in West Virginia
Amarasinghe, Anura; D'Souza, Gerard; Brown, Cheryl; … - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2006
A spatial panel data analysis at the county level examines how individual food consumption, recreational, and lifestyle choices ? against a backdrop of changing demographic, built environment, and policy factors ? leads to obesity. Results suggest that obesity tends to be spatially autocorrelated;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929358
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Land Use and Urban Form
Thrall, Grant I. - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010797445
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Land Use and Urban Form
Thrall, Grant I. - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010799046
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A Spatial Analysis of Obesity in West Virginia
Amarasinghe, Anura; D'Souza, Gerard; Brown, Cheryl; … - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2006
A spatial panel data analysis at the county level examines how individual food consumption, recreational, and lifestyle choices ? against a backdrop of changing demographic, built environment, and policy factors ? leads to obesity. Results suggest that obesity tends to be spatially autocorrelated;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781396
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The Influence of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors on Health and Obesity in Rural Appalachia
Amarasinghe, Anura; D'Souza, Gerard; Brown, Cheryl; Oh, … - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2006
A recursive system of ordered self assessed health (SAH) and a binary indicator of obesity were used to investigate the impact of socioeconomic and environmental factors on health and obesity in the predominantly rural Appalachian state of West Virginia. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781859
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Convergence club empirics: some dynamics and explanations of unequal growth across Indian states
Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper documents the convergence of incomes across Indian states over the period 1965 to 1998. It departs from … traditional analyses of convergence by tracking the evolution of the entire income distribution, instead of standard regression … and time series analyses. The findings reveal twin-peaks dynamics ¿ the existence of two income convergence clubs, one at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071107