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The spatial distribution of economic activities in the European Union

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Overman, Henry G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

available at the national level. (ii) To present descriptive evidence on the location of aggregate activity and particular … industries and to consider how these location patterns are changing over time. (iii) To consider the nature of the agglomeration …

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My Precious! the location and diffusion of scientific research: evidence from the synchrotron diamond light source

Helmers, Christian; Overman, Henry G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

potentially endogenous location choice of the synchrotron, we exploit the availability of a `runner-up' site near Manchester. We …

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Patents and the global diffusion of new drugs

Cockburn, Iain; Lanjouw, Jean O.; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This paper studies how patent rights and price regulation affect how fast new drugs are launched in different countries, using newly constructed data on launches of 642 new drugs in 76 countries for the period 1983-2002, and information on the duration and content of patent and price control...

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Heterogeneous mark-ups, growth and endogenous misallocation

Peters, Michael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

with firms’ innovation and entry decisions, which determine the economy’s growth rate. To study this link between … relationship between growth, misallocation and welfare. It stresses the importance of entry. An increase in entry reduces … misallocation by fostering competition. If entry also increases the economy-wide growth rate, static misallocation and growth are …

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The remains of regulation: airlines' profits after liberalization

Marin, Pedro L. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1995

This paper develops an empirical model of entry to analyze the effect of previous regulation on European airlines? post …

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Does the underground economy hold back financial deepening? Evidence from the Italian credit market

Gobbi, Giorgio; Zizza, Roberta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

labour on banks’ entry decisions in the local credit markets, now defined in terms of provinces. …

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Concentration, agglomeration and the size of plants

Lafourcade, Miren; Mion, Giordano - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

adjacent areas. These apparently contradictory findings raise a measurement issue regarding co-location externalities and …

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The influence of neighbourhood effects on education decisions in a nationally funded education system : the case of Australia

Overman, Henry G.; Heath, Alex - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

Empirical papers studying the effects of neighbourhood characteristics on socio-economic variables have predominantly used US data. We argue that the local nature of the US schooling system means that neighbourhood effects on education decisions may act through fiscal or social channels. We use...

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Unemployment clusters across European regions and countries

Overman, Henry G.; Puga, Diego - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

European regions have experienced a polarisation of their unemployment rates between 1986 and 1996, as regions with intermediate rates have been driven by changes in regional employment, only partly offset by labour force changes. Regions'' outcomes have closely followed those of neighbouring...

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From periphery to core: economic adjustments to high speed rail

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Feddersen, Arne - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper presents evidence that high speed rail systems, by bringing economic agents closer together, sustainably promote economic activity within regions that enjoy an increase in accessibility. Our results on the one hand confirm expectations that have led to huge public investments into...

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