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Place-Based Economic Development and Long-Run Firm Employment and Sales : Evidence from American Indian Reservations
Aguilar, Joseph A.; Akee, Randall; Mykerezi, Elton - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We examine how one of the largest U.S. place-based economic development programs, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) of 1988, with annual revenues in excess of \$40 billion, affects local firm total employment and sales through direct channels and through IGRA's effects on adjacent...
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Chapter 8. Stylized Facts in the Geography of Innovation
Feldman, Maryann P.; Kogler, Dieter F. - 2010
The geography of innovation describes the importance of proximity and location to innovative activity. As part of what … sufficiently so that the discussion can be organized around certain stylized and commonly accepted facts: • Innovation is spatially …, and not easily amenable to measurement. • Local universities are necessary but not sufficient for innovation. • Innovation …
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Policies for inclusive urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
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Chapter 24. Urbanization and Growth
Henderson, J. Vernon - 2005
This chapter on urbanization and growth focuses on modeling and empirical evidence that pertain to a number of inter-related questions. Why do cities form in an economy, with so much of economic activity in countries geographically concentrated in cities? Second, how do different types of cities...
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Cities and green growth : the case of the Chicago Tri-State metropolitan area
2013
, the working paper considers the role of workforce, innovation and governance policies, focusing on skill shortages and … skill mismatches in the regional labour market, ways to make the most of the region's innovation assets, and opportunities …
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The case of Helsinki-Tallinn (Finland-Estonia) – regions and innovation : collaborating across borders
Nauwelaers, Claire; Maguire, Karen; Marsan, Giulia Ajmone - 2013
, tourists to Tallinn). Beyond infrastructure and labour market issues, there are interesting opportunities for joint innovation … part of the project Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders. A summary of this working paper appears in a …
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The case of Hedmark-Dalarna (Norway-Sweden) – regions and innovation : collaborating across borders
Nauwelaers, Claire; Maguire, Karen; Marsan, Giulia Ajmone - 2013
-border regional innovation policy since urban centres are perhaps better served by looking towards other locations rather than this … border. On the border, efforts for innovation in other forms, such as in marketing and organisational methods in tourism, are … more relevant. This case study is part of the project Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders. A summary of …
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Roads, market access and regional economic development
Adler, Martin W... - 2020
The increase in market access that the expansion of the road network and the growth of Europe created between 1990 and 2012 raised GDP, employment and attracted population. An increase in market access by 1% increases GDP in a region, on average, by 0.2%, employment by 0.7% and population by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012512006
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Local ability to rewire and socioeconomic performance : evidence from US counties before and after the Great Recession
Partridge, Mark D.; Tsvetkova, Alexandra - 2020
The paper examines the effects of three groups of factors (county economic structure, social/demographic attributes and geography) on employment growth and poverty change in US counties before and after the Great Recession. It finds that the industrial structure that facilitates inter-industry...
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Decentralisation to promote Regional Development in Indonesia
Vujanovic, Petar Declan - 2017
In 1998 Indonesia embarked on an ambitious course of decentralisation. Over a period of a few years, facilitated by financial transfers from the central government, responsibility for many public services and administrative tasks were devolved to local authorities. This process is continuing....
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