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Public investment and regional growth and convergence: Evidence from Greece
Psycharis, Yannis; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tselios, Vassilis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper estimates the impact of public investment on regional economic growth and convergence at the NUTS III level … capita on regional economic growth – but not on convergence – which also generates considerable spillover effects. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084166
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The Impact of Local Decentralization on Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Counties
Hammond, George W.; Tosun, Mehmet S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497588
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076108
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Logistics and Exports
Behar, Alberto; Manners, Phil - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008
Drawing on a new and comprehensive measure of logistics quality, our gravity model suggests logistics in the exporting and partner-country can have an important impact on bilateral exports.  A one standard deviation improvement in the exporter's logistics quality, which for example would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004383
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Absorptive Capacity and the Growth Effects of Regional Transfers: A Regression Discontinuity Design with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; von Ehrlich, Maximilian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Transfers to individuals, firms, and regions are often regulated by threshold rules, giving rise to a regression discontinuity design. An example are transfers provided by the European Commission to regions of EU member states below a certain income level. Researchers have focused on estimation...
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Moonshot : Public R&D and Growth
Kantor, Shawn Everett; Whalley, Alexander T. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We estimate the long-term effect of public R&D on growth in manufacturing by analyzing new data from the Cold War era Space Race. We develop a novel empirical strategy that leverages US-Soviet rivalry in space technology to isolate windfall R&D spending. Our results demonstrate that public R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322858
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Public Infrastructure as a Determinant of Intertemporal and Interregional Productive Performance in China
Fu, Feng-Cheng; Vijverberg, Chu-Ping C.; Vijverberg, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper focuses on the question whether public infrastructure capital matters for labor productivity in China, both over time and across regions. It finds that public infrastructure is a significant determinant of variations in labor productivity across provinces, but the contribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822341
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Regional Convergence and Catch-up in India between 1960 and 1992
Trivedi, Kamakshya - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2002
This paper examines the evidence for regional convergence or catch-up in levels and growth rates of per capita income …, Re-Weighted Least Squares, and Least Trimmed Squares - establish that unconditional convergence in growth rates does not … obtain, but that there is clear and robust evidence of conditional convergence. This suggests that important differences …
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Limited Macroeconomic Convergence in Transition Countries
Kocenda, Evzen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
terms of their convergence in selected macroeconomic fundamentals. The analysis uses monthly data on industrial output … natural economic integration among them so far. Certain levels of convergence occurred only for a limited number of countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124389
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The determinants of Italy's regional imbalances over the long run: exploring the contributions of human and social capital
Felice, Emanuele - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011
inequality in Italy.  More particularly, convergence in value added per capita across Italy's regions is tested (through both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004271