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We analyze two hitherto little studied but salient questions concerning the trinity of asymmetric information, entrepreneurial activity, and the scope of fiscal policy in an open regional economy. First, we use a two period model to analyze the contractual relationship between entrepreneurs and...
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the concept of 'entrepreneurial city'. A network connectivity model is adopted to assess connectivity patterns, using the …
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with relying on market and competitive forcesto provide network services is the nature of supply and demandcharacteristics …
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presented a research challenge to network analysis, that is, growth of the network. The present paper offers a network analysis … of the spatial commuting network in Germany. First, we study the spatial evolution of the commuting network over time …. Secondly, we compare two spatial interaction model (SIM) specifications, in order to replicate the actual network structure …
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investigates - from a methodological viewpoint - the relationship between network connectivity and the rank-size rule (or Zipf …'s law) in an urban-economic network constellation. After a review of the literature, we address in particular the following …-economic network theories (e.g. entropy maximization, spatial interaction theory, etc.); (ii) the nature of the analytical relationship …
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Many networks such as the Internet have been found to possess scale-free and small-world network properties reflected …-organizing processes and more specifically, preferential attachment. New nodes in a network tend to attach themselves to other vertices …, the diameter of the network is small in comparison to other network structures, and movement through the network is …
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This paper gives a concise overview of environmental-economicanalysis. Important issues and modern developments in the field aresurveyed in a systematic way. Next, the concept of sustainabledevelopment is discussed, as it has dominated environmental economicsfor almost a decade now. In addition,...
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Until recently, the interaction between environmental quality, economic activity and growth is predominantly considered in an a-spatial context. Traditional neoclassical growth theory following Solow/Swan has mainly addressed questions about environmental and resource limits to growth. Recently,...
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This paper introduces and surveys ecological-economic analysis ofbiodiversity. It seeks to identify the complex linkages betweeneconomic and ecological systems with a view to a solid exploration ofvaluation issues in biodiversity. Against this background the studyoffers a review of key...
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