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Urban Resilience: Store Location Dynamics and Cultural Heritage
Duijn, Mark van; Rouwendal, Jan; Loon, Ruben van - European Regional Science Association - 2014
In this paper we study the relationship between cultural heritage and retail store dynamics at the neighbourhood level in the Netherlands. We analyze the total number of stores, number of vacant stores and number of stores by retail sub-industry in neighbourhoods, thereby focusing on the impact...
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Location of national manufacturing in international context (the case of U.S.)
Kurichev, Nikolay - European Regional Science Association - 2014
The case study of United States shows that global economic processes significantly influence the location of manufacturing. Analysis of multidimensional data covering 1860-2010 shows several stylized facts. Intensity of U.S. involvement in global economy by set of indicators is characterized by...
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Spatial Externalities and Place-Based Policies: Evidence from the Netherlands
Koster, Hans; Ommeren, Jos Van - European Regional Science Association - 2013
We study neighbourhood externalities caused by large public investments in poor neighbourhoods. A stylised theory of a linear city is proposed to guide interpretation of the magnitude and attenuation of the external effects generated by these public investments. We use a large Dutch nationwide...
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Hub Airports, the knowledge economy and how close is close? Evidence from Europe
Thierstein, Alain; Conventz, Sven - European Regional Science Association - 2014
Airports have stepped beyond the stage of being simply pure infrastructure facilities. Hub airports in particular are considered to function as supra-regional and international gateway infrastructure thus having a decisive impact on firms' competitiveness and stimulating urban development. Hub...
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Exploring the geography of closing businesses in the crisis-stricken Athens city centre
Kavroudakis, Dimitris; Ballas, Dimitris; Monastiriotis, … - European Regional Science Association - 2013
learn from the observed geography/patterns of closures about the underlying market functioning (or non-functioning?) What …
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Do we go shopping downtown or in the 'burbs? Why not both?
Ushchev, Philip; Sloev, Igor; Thisse, Jacques-Francois - European Regional Science Association - 2014
We combine spatial and monopolistic competition to study market interactions between downtown retailers and an outlying … shopping mall. Consumers shop at either marketplace or at both, and buy each variety in volume. The market solution stems from … the interplay between the market expansion eff_x001B_ect generated by consumers seeking more opportunities, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075834
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A regional analysis of Tourism Specialization in Spain
Perez-Dacal, Diana; Pena-Boquete, Yolanda - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Tourism sector is playing an important role in the development of a region, contributing to the economy growth and job creation. Despite of the actual crisis, Tourism activities continues to growth in the last year (UNWTO 2011). Also, Spain maintains in the better positions of the world ranking....
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An Exploratory Space Data Analysis of Manufacturing Co-Localization Patterns in Italy.
Ercole, Roberto - European Regional Science Association - 2013
The main aim of the paper is to investigate the co-localization patterns of three-digits manufacturing in Italy in 2010. Thus, exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) will be conducted using discrete and continuous models in order to capture more efficiently the phenomenon. The location...
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Regional Private Investment and Sustainability of Economic Growth in India
Jagannath, Mallick - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Infrastructure, market size, availability of finance, the structure of economy, labour cost, labour productivity and gross fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740276
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Wages, Rents, Unemployment, and the Quality of Life
Wrede, Matthias - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Combining a spatial equilibrium model with a search-matching unemployment model, this paper analyzes the willingness to pay for regional amenities and the regional quality of life when wages, rents, and unemployment risk compensate for local amenities and disamenities. The results are compared...
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