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Tourism, environmental quality and economic growth: empirical evidence and policy implications

Pulina, M.; Biagi, B. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2006

The causal relationship between tourist demand and supply is investigated employing four time series models - the first model includes nights of stay and number of supplied accommodation; the second model uses nights of stay and supplied beds (i.e. capacity); the third model employs nights of...

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The complementary effects of proximity dimensions on knowledge spillovers

Paci, R.; Marrocu, E.; Usai, S. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2011

regions in Europe within a knowledge production function model, where R&D and human capital are included as the main internal …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368891

Total factor productivity, intangible assets and spatial dependence in the European regions

Dettori, B.; Marrocu, E.; Paci, R. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2008

In the last decade there has been an upsurge of studies on international comparisons of Total Factor Productivity (TFP). The empirical evidence suggests that countries and regions differ not only in traditional factor endowments (labour and physical capital) but mainly in productivity and...

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The knowledge regions in the enlarged Europe

Colombelli, A.; Foddi, M.; Paci, R. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2011

Since the Lisbon agenda in 2000, Europe stated the goal to become the most advanced knowledge economy in the world … to identify the “knowledge regions” in Europe and to examine their main territorial features. To this aim we first build … centre and north of Europe. This results are confirmed by a cluster analysis. …

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Geography, Cultural Remoteness and Economic Development: A Regional Analysis of the Economic Consequences of Insularity

Gatto, M. Del; Mastinu, C. S. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2015

We study the relationship between economic development, geography and “cultural remoteness” (i.e. distance from the technological frontier(s) driving economic development) at a regional level focusing on the role of “insularity”. The analysis covers all island regions worldwide and...

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Spatial Externalities and Local Economic Growth

Deidda, S.; Paci, R.; Usai, S. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2002

A vast body of literature has addressed in the last decade the influence of local externalities on industry location and growth. This literature has, however, paid not too much attention to the wider scenario where such phenomena are rooted, that of an ongoing process of structural change which...

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Agglomeration economies and growth-The case of Italian local labour systems, 1991-2001

Paci, R.; Usai, S. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2006

The main objective of this paper is to assess the role of a large set of factors which potentially relate agglomeration economies to local growth. Such a relationship is analysed thanks to an ample database on the case of Italy which refers to 784 Local Labour Systems and 34 sectors (21...

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Total Factor Productivity Growth and Employment: A Simultaneous Equations Model Estimate

Ladu, MG. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2005

This paper provides a structural estimation of the recent model proposed by Pissarides and Vallanti, a simplified equilibrium model which draws heavily on models with frictions and quasi-rents. The structural model is a system of three equations. The estimation method is a three-stage least...

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Technological enclaves and industrial districts. An analysis of the regional distributions of innovative activity in Europe

Paci, R.; Usai, S. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 1997

eighties. This results from the huge differences between southern and northern Europe. As expected, there is a positive …

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Innovation Networks and Knowledge Flows across the European Regions

Paci, R.; Batteta, E. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2003

The recent resurgence of growth studies has indicated technological activities and knowledge spillovers as one of the most important factors in determining the performance of the economic systems. However, only few empirical studies have tried to analyse the flows of technology across regional...

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