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Geography, Economic Policy, and Regional Development in China
Demurger, Sylvie - 2002
Many studies of regional disparity in China have focused on the preferential policies received by the coastal provinces. We decomposed the location dummies in provincial growth regressions to obtain estimates of the effects of geography and policy on provincial growth rates in 1996-99. Their...
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Spatial Misallocation : Evaluating Place-Based Policies Using a Natural Experiment in China
Chen, Binkai - 2019
Using the mass closure of development zones in 2004 as a natural experiment, we examine the causal effect of … development zones on firm level TFP in China. The difference-in-difference estimator shows that on average, loss of development … locational heterogeneity. We conclude that China's strategy of using development zones as a place-based policy to encourage …
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Optimal Spatial Policies, Geography and Sorting
Fajgelbaum, Pablo - 2018
We study optimal spatial policies in quantitative trade and geography frameworks with spillovers and sorting of heterogeneous workers. We characterize the spatial transfers that must hold in efficient allocations, as well as labor subsidies that would implement them. Assuming homogeneous workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453087
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National Policy for Regional Development : Evidence from Appalachian Highways
Jaworski, Taylor - 2016
Development Highway System (ADHS) ultimately consisted of over 2,500 high-grade road miles. Motivated by a model of inter … in income per capita the region continues to lag behind the rest of the country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456601
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Local Economic Development, Agglomeration Economies, and the Big Push : 100 Years of Evidence from the Tennessee Valley Authority
Kline, Patrick M. - 2013
We study the long run effects of one of the most ambitious regional development programs in U.S. history: the Tennessee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459368
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Self-Defeating Regional Concentration
Matsuyama, Kiminori - 1993
We present a simple model of a two-region economy in which undesirable concentration may occur. With freedom to choose where to live, individuals in this economy concentrate into one region in their pursuit of better life, and end up becoming worse off. We characterize the conditions under which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474461
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Spatial Patterns of Development : A Meso Approach
Michalopoulos, Stelios - 2017
Over the last two decades, the literature on comparative development has moved from country-level to within … spatial data to proxy for development at the desired level. The focus has also shifted from uncovering correlations to … sciences to linguistics and history has transformed the research landscape on the roots of the spatial patterns of development …
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Regional Transfers
Corbi, Raphael - 2014
We exploit a series of discontinuities, at several population thresholds, in the allocation mechanism of federal transfers to municipal governments in Brazil to identify the causal effect of municipal spending on local labor markets, using a 'fuzzy' regression discontinuity design. Our estimates...
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Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions
Lewis, Ethan - 2014
In this chapter we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more easily identified on local economies. The reason is that their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458239
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Growth in Regions
Gennaioli, Nicola - 2013
We use a newly assembled sample of 1,503 regions from 82 countries to compare the speed of per capita income convergence within and across countries. Regional growth is shaped by similar factors as national growth, such as geography and human capital. Regional convergence is about 2.5% per year,...
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