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The city size distribution of many countries is remarkably well approximated by a Pareto distribution. We study what constraints this regularity imposes on standard urban models. We find that under general conditions urban models must have (i) a balanced growth path and (ii) a Pareto...
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Theoretical models of urban growth are surveyed in a common framework. Exogenous growth models, where growth in some capital stock as a function of investment is assumed, are examined first. Then endogenous growth models, where use of some factor by a firm increases the productivity of other...
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The study of the territorial/regional development in Spain has nowadays a relatively long tradition, but from the point … of view of cities development the number of studies and documents decreases drastically. This paper tries to improve the …
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This paper surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...
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The ability to see past and present simultaneously must be of prime importance in any development scenario. This speaks … to the essence of the Janus Development Strategy, whose philosophy is outlined below. .......................Janus was … development. …
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of economic development. These effects are reviewed with the finding that the playing field resulting from international … for development. Finally, general areas where improved S&DT is needed, and should be pursued by developing countries in …
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The objective of this work is to analyse the income inequality in the 15 EU countries during the convergence process to … whether the inequality of income has diminished within and between countries over time. Gini's generalised family indices … the results obtained to different degrees of inequality aversion and to different equivalence scales, taking into account …
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exists on the compatibility of “Muslim culture” with positive patterns of political, social, and ecological development in … other data) and multivariate techniques, investigating the determination of 14 indicators of development in 109 countries … with complete data by 12 determinants of development, including membership in the 57 member and 3 observer Organization of …
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aggregate relations. This paper establishes a bridge between the aggregation and the inequality and growth literature by …, implying that increases in income inequality may be unambiguously associated with temporary increases in a country’s growth …-run effects of income inequality may suffer from aggregation bias if the temporary effects of the MLD changes are not considered …
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lead 1:1 to a greater amount of social cohesion and sustainable development in the host countries of transnational … penetration. Keywords: cross-section models, income distribution, inequality, international economic order, economic welfare … analyses of economic development, comparative economic systems, cultural economics JEL classification: C21, D31, D60, F02, F15 …
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