The persistence of disparities is one of the most striking features of regional development. We argue that movements of labour force, instead of being an always equilibrating mechanism, can also make persistent or even reinforce such inequalities. The most advanced regions are in fact generally...

Die Untersuchung analysiert, in welchem Umfang und auf welchen Wegen der Wissens- und Humankapitaltransfer durch die Otto-von-Guericke- Universität Magdeburg und die Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal (FH) in die Wirtschaft Sachsen-Anhalts stattfindet. Ausgehend von der wirtschaftlichen Ausgangslage...

A presente comunicação preparada para o III Congresso de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, que decorreu em Setembro de 2002. Nesta comunicação visa- se identificar novas actividades empresariais, em emergência, que possam resultar da dinamização de uma área de enorme potencialidade na...

A presente comunicação preparada para o III Congresso de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, que decorreu em Setembro de 2002. Nesta comunicação visa- se identificar novas actividades empresariais, em emergência, que possam resultar da dinamização de uma área de enorme potencialidade na...

The System Dynamics methodology is used in this article as unifying approach in order to show how a number of theories about the performance of territories developed in the past 20 years can integrate the one with the other; to demonstrate this, a model of local economy coherent with these...

Ce texte a été préparé en vue d'introduire un numéro de la revue Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique consacré aux Dynamiques entrepreneuriales (RPVE, XXXIX, no 4, 2000). Le thème général, Dynamiques entrepreneuriales, y est d'abord brièvement discuté. Vient ensuite un...

Ostdeutsche Unternehmen sind durch eine relative Innovationsschwäche gekennzeichnet, worin auch ein wesentlicher Grund für die Wachstumsschwäche der Region zu sehen ist. Mit der Wende 1989/90 lösten sich bestehende Beziehungsnetzwerke zwischen Wissenschaftseinrichtungen und Unternehmen...

Information exchanges across firms within cities are considered to be one of the major agglomeration forces in the regional economics literature. In addition, the quality of transport infrastructures arises as one of the major determinants in the location decisions of firms across cities and...

The Whitman Administration’s 30 percent reduction in New Jersey’s personal income taxes from 1994-96 is prominently cited as a role model for state fiscal policy. We investigate whether the growth benefits attributed to the Whitman tax cuts are warranted. Panel data methods are applied to...

This paper briefly summarizes and discusses that type of new growth models which are based on externalities created by investments in human capital. ***** TURKCE OZET: Bu makalede, yeni/içsel buyume modellerinin beseri sermayeye dayali turlerini ozetlemekte ve degerlendirmektedir. [Calisma...