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regions. Using data for 1992-2001, we find strong sigma divergence simultaneously with beta convergence. he results indicate … that per capita income in Russian regions may be converging towards two separate steady states. The poorest regions seem to … be converging among themselves, while growth experiences among other regions have been highly heterogeneous. …
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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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that this fact could be caused by the equal or similar infrastructural development in all regions; nevertheless, we also … kotamadya could be caused by the big gap between big cities one another, e.g.: Jakarta, Surabaya, and others. The paper ends … with some suggestions of more attention to infrastructural development in eastern regional cities. …
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This paper presents a model of the New Economic Geography which integrates commuting costs and land rent and displays a dispersion - agglomeration configuration when regional and/or international trade are liberalised. Two main results are found, the first one is that dispersion Pareto dominates...
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This paper investigates differences in the rate of growth of population across the large city-regions of the EU12 …. There is evidence strongly suggesting that equilibrating migration flows between cities in different countries are highly … systematic and highly significant factor determining rates of urban population growth is climatic variation. Cities with better …
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The objective of this paper is to investigate what factors influence the growth of main Indonesian port cities. The … Medan) for period 1993-2001. This research found that growth in port cities in Indonesia determine by both manufacturer …
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This paper investigates differences in the rate of growth of population across the large city-regions of the EU12 …. There is evidence strongly suggesting that equilibrating migration flows between cities in different countries are highly … systematic and highly significant factor determining rates of urban population growth is climatic variation. Cities with better …
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On 13 July 1998 the Treasurer referred the current and alternative funding methodologies for nursing home subsidy rates …
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In a presentation in November 2002 to the Annual Conference of the National Association for Gambling Studies in Melbourne, Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks provided an update on key developments in Australia’s gambling industries, three years after publication of the Commission’s...
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