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Digital Urban Network Connectivity: Global and Chinese Internet Patterns
Tranos, Emmanouil; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
This discussion paper led to an article in <I>Papers in Regional Science</I> (2014). Volume 93, Issue 2(SI).<P> The majority of cities in our world is not only connected through conventional physical infrastructure, but increasingly through modern digital infrastructure. This paper aims to test whether...</p></i>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257413
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Regional Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Review
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
A burgeoning literature has emerged during the last two decades to assess the economic impacts of immigration on host countries. In recent years much research has been at the national level under the assumption that impacts in open regions may dissipate through adjustment processes such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256173
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Regional Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Review
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
A burgeoning literature has emerged during the last two decades to assess the economic impacts of immigration on host countries. In recent years much research has been at the national level under the assumption that impacts in open regions may dissipate through adjustment processes such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964454
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Economic Growth and the Volatility of Foreign Aid
Chervin, Michal; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
Foreign aid’s effectiveness in promoting economic growth remains mired in controversy.We examine the impact of the volatility of aid on economic growth, controlling for the level of aid. A four-year panel analysis is conducted encompassing 155 countries over the period 1966-2001. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255582
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Economic Growth and the Volatility of Foreign Aid
Chervin, Michal; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - Tinbergen Institute - 2010
Foreign aid’s effectiveness in promoting economic growth remains mired in controversy.We examine the impact of the volatility of aid on economic growth, controlling for the level of aid. A four-year panel analysis is conducted encompassing 155 countries over the period 1966-2001. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008513230
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Agglomeration, Innovation and Regional Development: Theoretical Perspectives and Meta-Analysis
Groot, Henri L.F. de; Poot, Jacques; Smit, Martijn J. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
Innovation and technological change are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally-connected knowledge-driven economy, the relevance of agglomeration forces that rely on proximity continues to increase, paradoxically despite declining real costs of information, communication...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255948
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The Effect of Migration on Income Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
in neoclassical convergence models and derive 57 comparable effect sizes. The data suggest that an increase in the net … net migration impact that is more consistent with endogenous self-reinforcing growth rather than neoclassical convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504916
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Agglomeration, Innovation and Regional Development: Theoretical Perspectives and Meta-Analysis
Groot, Henri L.F. de; Poot, Jacques; Smit, Martijn J. - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
Innovation and technological change are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally-connected knowledge-driven economy, the relevance of agglomeration forces that rely on proximity continues to increase, paradoxically despite declining real costs of information, communication...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005450786
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In Search of Creative Champions in High-Tech Spaces
Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
The business performance of firms in the creative high-tech sector shows much variation. This paper examines whether the geographical location of such business firms influences the performance of these firms. The overarching analysis framework of this paper emerges from the recently developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256830
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The Effect of Migration on Income Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
See also the article 'The effect of migration on income growth and convergence: Meta-analytic evidence' in <I>Papers in … that explicitly measure the effect of a net migration variable in neoclassical convergence models and derive 57 comparable … self-reinforcing growth rather than neoclassical convergence. However, studies that use panel models or IV estimation yield …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257174