The elasticity of intertemporal substitution (EIS) at the macro level has been estimated mostly based on endowment economy models and these estimates are very sensitive to the choice of interest rates that are used for estimation. Estimates based on production economy models do not need...

This paper presents an empirical study of GDP per worker (and per capita) convergence across German labour market regions during 1992 to 2002 using nonparametric techniques. There is evidence for a tendency towards convergence during the observed period, i.e. regions that were less productive in...

This paper starts by describing the distribution of GVA, employment and productivity growth across the regions of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Next, we investigate in what extent regional per capita income gaps to the European average can be attributed to differences in productivity...

The paper deals with specific issues concerning the relationship between regional development strategies and EU integration of the Central and Eastern European Accession Countries (CEECs). In this context the possible role of pre-accession regional development aid and the future interventions by...

After the demise of “real” socialism and the decline of “western” socialism, socialism can be salvaged as a social preference system oriented towards equality and social justice, to be implemented without systemic constraints in the organizational and institutional sense. At the same...

The author argues that the doctrine of state supremacy in Africa suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the collapse of export prices of African commodities in the late seventies, which undermined the ability of governments to support their expanded public sector. The author observes that...

Sulla base dei dati disponibili dal censimento intermedio del 1996 e del numero delle domande e del volume degli investimenti per la legge 488 (i dati qui rappresentati riguardano solo il secondo bando per motivi di sintesi) nelle regioni italiane per i settori in cui sono divise le imprese...

Questo lavoro intende affrontare la questione degli assetti istituzionali e delle modalità organizzative dell’intervento dello Stato a favore dello sviluppo territoriale. Il tema è di crescente interesse in considerazione del moltiplicarsi dei livelli di governo (sovranazionale, nazionale,...

El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico jointly form one of the largest border economies in the world. They have grown substantially in recent years and face a number of policy challenges. Topics reviewed include population, employment, incomes, retail trade, international commuting...