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Regional growth and national development: transition in Central and Eastern Europe and the regional Kuznets curve in the East and the West

Monastiriotis, Vassilis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Regional disparities in Central and Eastern Europe rose substantially since 1990. Still, prima facie evidence of beta-convergence … convergence. In both CEE and the ‘old’ EU15, regional convergence is strongly linked to the level of national development, non …-linearly. But while in the EU15 convergence speeds-up at intermediate/high levels of development, in CEE we find divergence at …

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Without purpose and strategy?: a spatio-functional analysis of the regional allocation of public investment in Greece

Monastiriotis, Vassilis; Psycharis, Yiannis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

We utilise a large database on public investment at the prefecture (NUTS-3) level in Greece for the period 1976-2008 to examine the spatial and functional allocation of public investment in the country. We investigate the extent to which expenditures in different types of public investment are...

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Regional Distribution and Spatial Impact of FDI in Greece: evidence from firm-level data

Monastiriotis, Vassilis; Jordaan, Jacob A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Studies on the productivity spillovers of FDI have concentrated on the national-sectoral level. As a result, little is known about the impact of FDI on absolute and relative regional economic performance. In this paper we examine this issue by relying on a unique dataset of over 20,000 Greek...

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