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LOCAL CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION
BOURDIN, Sebastien - European Regional Science Association - 2013
other words, there is local convergence when GDP per capita of regions included in the delimited area tend to the average … level of GDP per capita of the zone concerned. The results (and their cartography) shows that there are local phenomena of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740383
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Unbalanced Regional Impact of the crisis in Spain. An explorative analysis through structural changes, sectorial specialization and productivity
Cuadrado-Roura, Juan R.; Maroto-Sanchez, Andres - European Regional Science Association - 2014
dramatic turn. The economy as a whole and all the Spanish regions were strongly affected -unemployment, negative growth rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075964
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Metropolitan Multiregional Input-Output Modelling Framework
Ferreira, Joao Pedro; Ramos, Pedro; Cruz, Luis; Barata, … - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Urban population has been growing consistently worldwide, with large metropolitan areas experiencing expansion phenomena both in terms of population and extension. Naturally, these processes did not occur homogeneously throughout the territories. Through the last decade, population in suburbs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740411
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Development Gaps in the Sud Muntenia Region of Romania
Iordan, Marioara; Albu, Lucian-Liviu; Ghizdeanu, Ion; … - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Development gaps are a common feature throughout the regions of the European Union, and Romania is no exception. Despite all the political and financial efforts, the convergence process is lengthy and complex, and the gaps with the deepest economic and social roots are the most difficult to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740477
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After Crisis Scenarios for CEECs: A simulation through the MASST3 model
Capello, Roberta; Caragliu, Andrea - European Regional Science Association - 2014
Over the last few years, the world economy has gone through a severe period of economic downturn, the worst since the end of WWII. Although the crisis has been widely covered on the media, less common knowledge is the fact that the crisis has engendered responses in the economic systems, in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075886
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Economic growth outlooks in sub-federal development strategies: prospects and constraints
Melnikova, Larisa - European Regional Science Association - 2014
and a verification of independent regional GDP growth forecasts by regions of Siberia, Far east and other macro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011076049
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PLANNING BEYOND INFRASTRUCTURES: THE THIRD SECTOR IN DOURO AND ALTO TRÃS-OS-MONTES
Sequeira, Teresa; Diniz, Francisco - European Regional Science Association - 2013
This paper begins with a conceptual approach to the third sector, followed by a review of the relationship between investment and growth. The empirical component focuses on Portuguese NUT III Douro and Alto Trás-os-Montes regions, which are said to be less developed, and have been the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132171
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The impact of economic crisis on Greek regions and the importance of regional resilience
Karoulia, Stella; Gaki, Eleni - European Regional Science Association - 2013
are directly affiliated with the economic and social welfare, for example GDP, disposal income, employment/unemployment …, which hadn¢t experienced before high rates of unemployment, now it is in the same class with regions that had traditionally … high rates of unemployment. The goal of this paper is to examine the extent to which each region has been hit by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740423
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Welfare Impacts of Road Construction Using a Public -Private Partnership: A CGE Analysis of a Project
REGE, Sameer; FORTUNA, Mario - European Regional Science Association - 2013
This paper analysis the welfare changes arising from a road project, undertaken as a public-private partnership, measured as the variation in utility, using a sequentially dynamic general equilibrium model. To circumvent the budget restriction imposed by the central government, the Azorean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740397
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Consumption Expenditures in Economic Impact Studies: An Application to University Students
Hermannsson, Kristinn; McGregor, Peter; Swales, Kim - European Regional Science Association - 2013
We raise the issue of how appropriately to attribute economic impact to consumption expenditures. Despite the salience of the topic for applied economics it has not received much explicit attention in recent literature. In Input-Output analysis consumption expenditures are either treated as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740414