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Impact of infrastructure investment on tax: Estimating spillover effects of the Kyushu high-speed rail Line in Japan on regional tax revenue
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Abidhadjaev, Umid - 2016
This paper analyzes the impact of infrastructure investment on tax revenues and on the economy of the region. In 1991, the Kyushu high-speed rail line was constructed and was completed in 2003. In 2004, the rail line started operating from Kagoshima to Kumamoto. The entire line was opened in...
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An impact evaluation of investment in infrastructure: The case of the railway connection in Uzbekistan
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Abidhadjaev, Umid - 2015
The objective of this paper is to examine the nature and magnitude of the effects of infrastructure provision on regional economic performance. The empirical evidence of our analysis is based on difference-in-difference estimation linking the changes in the growth rate of regional-level economic...
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Spatio-temporal Analysis of Regional Systems: A Multiregional Spatial Vector Autoregressive Model for Spain
RAMAJO, JULIAN; MARQUEZ, MIGUEL A.; HEWINGS, GEOFFREY J.D. - European Regional Science Association - 2013
This paper contributes to the recent literature in spatial econometrics that focuses on space-time data modeling implementing a multi-location time-series statistical framework to analyze a regional system. Therefore, taking as a point of departure the Global Vector Autoregression approach...
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Infrastructure development, income inequality, and urban sustainability in the People's Republic of China
Mendoza, Octasiano M. Valerio - 2017
This paper examines the relationship between infrastructure development and income inequality in urban People's Republic of China. Recent policies target reductions in income inequality while increasing sustainable urban development. Infrastructure investment plays a key role in achieving both...
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The "highway effect" on public finance: Case of the STAR highway in the Philippines
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Pontines, Victor - 2015
In this study, we examine the impact of the STAR highway located in Batangas province, Philippines, on the public finance of the cities and municipalities through which it directly passes. Specifically, we exploit a unique, disaggregated dataset on tax (property and business taxes) as well as...
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Theory and empirics of horizontal and spatial integration of local communal services
Czako, Katalin; Poreisz, Veronika - European Regional Science Association - 2013
There are three parts of our paper. Firstly, it gives an overview about the goals and factors which affect the integration of local communal services. Horizontal integration means joining the various individual service providers, such as water supply and sewage, communal waste, district heating,...
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Interregional Inequality and Federal Expenditures and Transfers in Russia
Torbenko, Alexander - European Regional Science Association - 2014
The paper considers the influence of federal government expenditures and transfers on interregional convergence in … period in Russian regions there existed un- conditional beta-convergence, poor regions grew faster than rich ones. This …. Comparing our results to the results of previous research the process of interregional convergence in Russia can be seen. In the …
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Verzehrt Deutschland seinen staatlichen Kapitalstock?
Grömling, Michael; Hüther, Michael; Jung, Markos - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 99 (2019) 1, pp. 25-31
Eine moderne öffentliche Infrastruktur ist die Grundlage einer leistungsfähigen Volkswirtschaft. Immer wieder ist in diesem Kontext von einer öffentlichen Investitionsschwäche die Rede. Mitunter wird angesichts negativer Nettoinvestitionen oder eines stagnierenden öffentlichen...
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Finanzierung von Zukunftsinvestitionen: Pragmatische Lösungen sind gefragt
Schnitzer, Monika; Truger, Achim - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 102 (2022) 1, pp. 11-14
Since the new German federal government has imposed tight fiscal policy restrictions on itself, a pragmatic approach is needed to finance the spending requirements of the transformation. The financing instruments mentioned in the coalition agreement appears to be suitable in principle for...
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Eine Investitionsagenda für Deutschland
Barišić, Manuela; Krebs, Tom; Scheffel, Martin - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 98 (2018) 3, pp. 179-185
Der Koalitionsvertrag von Union und SPD enthält erste Schritte in Richtung einer Ausweitung der öffentlichen Investitionen in Bildung und Betreuung, Wohnungsbau und digitale Infrastruktur. Zusätzliche Investitionen in diesen drei Kernbereichen sind aus wirtschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher...
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