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Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbours
de Vreyer, Philippe; Spielvogel, Gilles - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
convergence speed of per capita income among municipios and test whether spatial externalities are linked to local income growth …. Conditionally on structural characteristics, we find evidence of convergence between municipios and of positive spatial dependence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707128
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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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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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Why are some Spanish regions so much more efficient than others?
Puig, Jaume; Pinilla, Jaime - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2008
This article investigates the main sources of heterogeneity in regional efficiency. We estimate a translog stochastic frontier production function in the analysis of Spanish regions in the period 1964-1996, to attempt to measure and explain changes in technical efficiency. Our results confirm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005827473
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205062
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Les conflits d’usage dans les espaces ruraux et périurbains. Le cas des infrastructures franciliennes
Torre, André; Pham, Hai Vu; Kirat, Thierry - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
The article offers an empirically-founded analysis of conflicts on public utility infrastructures in the region surrounding Paris It sheds some light on public decision-making process and on the role conflicts play in the process of land availability in the Paris region. Empirical evidence based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011073947
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Horizontal innovation in the theory of growth and development
Gancia, Gino; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2005
We analyze recent contributions to growth theory based on the model of expanding variety of Romer (1990). In the first part, we present different versions of the benchmark linear model with imperfect competition. These include the “labequipment” model, labor-for-intermediates” and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772070
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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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Is There Convergence of Russia's Regions? Exploring the Empirical Evidence: 1995–2010
Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995 …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we … regional product confirm this outcome as do non-parametric estimates of convergence, namely estimates using Markov transition …
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