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Globalization in history: a geographical perspective
Crafts, Nicholas; Venables, Tony - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
the context of globalization. Central to this view is the role of agglomeration in productivity performance; size and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745857
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Shifts in economic geography and their causes
Venables, Anthony J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
causation processes in shaping the productivity and comparative advantage of different regions. In the presence of such … increasing returns there may be persistent spatial disparities in productivity. Economic development will tend to be 'lumpy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745807
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Productivity and ICT: a review of the evidence
Draca, Mirko; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
productivity. The “Solow Paradox” of the absence of an impact of ICT on productivity no longer holds, if it ever did. Both growth … accounting and econometric evidence suggest an important role for ICTs in accounting for productivity. In fact, the empirical … estimates suggest a much larger impact of ICT on productivity than would be expected from the standard neoclassical model that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071487
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Fifty years of urban accessibility: the impact of the urban railway network on the land gradient in Berlin 1890-1936
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Wendland, Nicolai - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
As the first to use an archival data set on historical land values in Berlin, Germany, from 1890 to 1936, we investigate the impact of the rapid transport system on urban decentralization, using comparative statics of classical rent theory as a benchmark. We find that the monocentric model...
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How polycentric is a monocentric city?: centers, spillovers and hysteresis
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Wendland, Nicolai - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
, Berlin, Germany, from 1890 to 1936 serves as a case in point. Our results suggest that the average productivity effect of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126042
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European regional railways and real income, 1870–1910: a preliminary report
Caruana-Galizia, Paul; Martí-Henneberg, Jordi - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This article introduces our project on the relationship between railways and real income levels across European regions between 1870 and 1910. While similar relationships have been analysed for the USA, India and individual European countries, our project is the first to take a pan-European...
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Can labour regulation hinder economic performance? Evidence from India
Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
lowered investment, employment, productivity and output in registered manufacturing. Regulating in a pro-worker direction is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928668
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PD4: mitigating conflict and violence in Africa’s rapidly growing cities.
Beall, Jo; Fox, Sean - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Over the past 50 years, the urban population of sub-Saharan Africa has expanded at a historically unprecedented rate. Although there is little evidence that urbanisation increases the likelihood of conflict or violence in a country, Africa’s urban transition has occurred in a context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745109
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Do rural banks matter? evidence from the Indian social banking experiment
Burgess, Robin; Pande, Rohini - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
Lack of access to finance is often cited as a key reason why poor people remain poor. This paper uses data on the Indian rural branch expansion program to provide empirial evidence on this issue. Between 1977 and 1990, the Indian Central Bank mandated that a commercial bank can open a branch in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745415
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The future of development management: examining possibilities and potential
Gulrajani, Nilima - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
Critical development management (CDM) is an emerging field of study that is ‘questioning development management’ by connecting scholars in critical management studies to those identifying with post-development theory. Development management is an object of criticism for CDM, where this...
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