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Closing the Gap between Absolute and Relative Measures of Localization, Concentration or Specialization

Bickenbach, Frank; Bode, Eckhardt; Krieger-Boden, Christiane - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

localization can be expressed in terms of absolute and relative concentration and specialization measures. This helps understand …

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Structural Cohesion in Europe: Stylized Facts

Bickenbach, Frank; Bode, Eckhardt; Krieger-Boden, Christiane - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

This paper establishes eight stylized facts on the evolution of the localization of economic activity across industries … and regions in the EU-15 since 1980. Localization, which nests concentration and specialization, is measured by a Theil …

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Economic development and industrial concentration: An inverted U-curve

Junius, Karsten - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1996

This paper sets up an economic geography model to show the endogenous forces that determine the degree of industry concentration in the course of economic development. The model includes centrifugal forces, such as home market effects and access to intermediate suppliers, and centripetal forces,...

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Limits to industrial agglomeration

Junius, Karsten - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1996

equal dispersion of industries, this paper explains why limits to industrial agglomeration can be observed in reality. It …

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Where do new firms locate? The effects of agglomeration on the formation and scale of operations of new firms in Punjab

Haroon, Maryiam; Chaudhry, Azam - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

literature highlights agglomeration as one of the main factors affecting the formation and scale of operations of new firms. This … paper is one of the first to use developing country data to estimate the impact of localization (the benefits accruing to … of operations. Our findings reveal that agglomeration measured through density of employment has a significant impact on …

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Wirtschaftliche Integration auf Kosten peripherer Regionen? Chancen und Risiken für den brasilianischen Nordosten im Mercosur

Pacheco, Ricardo; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997

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Do soaring global oil prices heat up the housing market? Evidence from Malaysia

Le, Thai-Ha - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015

This study analyses the effects of oil price and macroeconomic shocks on the Malaysian housing market using a SVAR framework. The specification of the baseline model is based on standard economic theory. The Gregory-Hansen (GH) cointegration tests reveal that there is no cointegration among the...

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Aid, Infrastructure, and FDI: Assessing the Transmission Channel with a New Index of Infrastructure

Donaubauer, Julian; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

We raise the hypothesis that aid specifically targeted at economic infrastructure helps developing countries attract higher FDI inflows through improving their endowment with infrastructure in transportation, communication, energy and finance. By performing 3SLS estimations we explicitly account...

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Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Regional Development in Developed Countries? A Markov Chain Approach for US States

Bode, Eckhardt; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

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A New Global Index of Infrastructure: Construction, Rankings and Applications

Donaubauer, Julian; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

We construct comprehensive and comparable indices on the most relevant components of economic infrastructure. An unobserved components model is employed to cover the largest possible number of developing and developed countries over the period 1990-2010. We map major findings from the new...

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