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Regional growth and national development: transition in Central and Eastern Europe and the regional Kuznets curve in the East and the West
Monastiriotis, Vassilis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Regional disparities in Central and Eastern Europe rose substantially since 1990. Still, prima facie evidence of beta-convergence … convergence. In both CEE and the ‘old’ EU15, regional convergence is strongly linked to the level of national development, non …-linearly. But while in the EU15 convergence speeds-up at intermediate/high levels of development, in CEE we find divergence at …
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Spatial Econometrics
LeSage, James; Pace, R. Kelley - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University
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Is Regional Innovative Activity Path-dependent? An Empirical Analysis for Germany
Bode, Eckhardt - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 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...
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Markov or Not Markov, This Should Be a Question
Bickenbach, Frank; Bode, Eckhardt - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
Although it is well known that Markov process theory, frequently applied in the literature on income convergence …
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Perspectivas fiscales 2014-2018
Villar, Leonardo; Forero, David; Steiner, Roberto; … - FEDESARROLLO - 2014
Desde el año 2004 el Ministerio de Hacienda publica anualmente el Marco Fiscal de Mediano Plazo (MFMP) en el cual se presentan las proyecciones oficiales sobre ingresos y gastos del gobierno central para los siguientes diez años. Como es de esperar, dichas proyecciones están sujetas a altos...
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Expanding the welfare system : a proposal for reform
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
The proposal involves the establishment of ?welfare accounts? for every person in a country. There are to be four accounts: a retirement account (covering pensions), an unemployment account (covering unemployment support), a human capital account (covering education and training), and a health...
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Provisión de servicios públicos e infraestructura en zonas marginadas y no interconectadas
María, Mauricio Cárdenas Santa; Arjona, Marcela Meléndez - FEDESARROLLO - 2004
La prestación de los servicios de infraestructura en zonas aisladas y marginadas es un desafío importante en cualquier país ya que la alta dispersión de la población eleva los costos de prestación, y la baja capacidad de pago dificulta su financiamiento. En Colombia, estas dificultades se...
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El marco institucional para la regulación, supervisión y el control de los servicios públicos en Colombia: propuesta para su fortalecimiento
Argáez, Carlos Caballero; Jadresic, Alejandro; Gómez, … - FEDESARROLLO - 2004
"El propósito de este documento es, precisamente, elaborar dicho diagnóstico y formular una serie de reomendaciones para logar el fortalecimiento de las instituciones encargadas de la regulación y la supervisión de las empresas proveedoras de servicios públicos en Colombia. Este...
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Environmental policy and the economic downturn
Bowen, Alex; Stern, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
This paper considers how environmental policies should respond to macroeconomic downturns. It first explores the implications of the global economic downturn of 2008-09 for environmental policies, focusing in particular on the example of action against climate change. The arguments for and...
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Impacts of Regional Growth on Farmland Development in the Northeast U.S.
Hailu, Yohannes; Brown, Cheryl - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2007
This study models the relationship between regional growth and agricultural land development in the Northeast United States. A system of simultaneous equations is estimated using three-stage-least squares on county-level data. Results indicate that regional growth puts upward pressure on...
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