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Regional value added in Italy over the long run (1891-2001): linking indirect estimates with official figures, and implications
Felice, Emanuele - Unitat d'Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de … - 2011
international debate on regional convergence, where it stands out for the long run persistence of its disparities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804601
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Territorial Capital and Regional Growth: Increasing Returns in Cognitive Knowledge Use
Capello, Roberta; Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
This discussion paper resulted in an article in <I>Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie</I> (2011). Volume 102(4), pages 385-405.<P> Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D,...</p></i>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255574
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The ‘Trade-off’ between Spatial Equity and Economic Efficiency Revisited: Evidence from the US States
Alexiadis, Stilianos; Eleftheriou, Konstantinos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The principle aims of regional policy can be encapsulated in terms of ‘spatial equity’ and ‘economic efficiency’. Establishing the relation between these two aims is of fundamental importance. Conventionally, however, it is assumed that there is a conflict or a ‘trade-off’ between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490074
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Export specialisation and regional growth, in Romania
Antonescu, Daniela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
From regional growth theoretical perspectives, exports represent the important factor with different impact in time and space. The export activities depend in a large share on the way in which a state or a region capitalises their endogenous potential, including the accumulated knowledge and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240784
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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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REPENSER LE FUTUR DE LA POLITIQUE DE COHÉSION EUROPÉENNE POUR LES PAYS D'EUROPE CENTRALE ET ORIENTALE : LA PRISE EN COMPTE DE L'ESPACE GÉOGRAPHIQUE COMME PISTE DE RECHERCHE
Bourdin, Sebastien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
With the enlargements of the European Union in the East in 2004 and 2007, the regional economic disparities increased profoundly and an effort of solidarity between states was necessary. This paper proposes to identify between the explanatory factors at the origin of the uneven distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259451
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Repenser le futur de la politique de cohésion européenne pour les pays d’europe centrale et orientale : la prise en compte de l’espace géographique comme piste de recherche
Bourdin, Sebastien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
With the enlargements of the European Union in the East in 2004 and 2007, the regional economic disparities increased profoundly and an effort of solidarity between states was necessary. This paper proposes to identify between the explanatory factors at the origin of the uneven distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260332
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Growth and divergence of the polish subregions over 1995–2006: a search for determinants and spatial patterns
Herbst, Mikolaj; Wójcik, Piotr - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper investigates the presence of sigma and beta convergence between the Polish subregions over 1995–2006. We … verify for the absolute convergence, as well as for the convergence conditioned on the stock of physical capital, human … other countries, we observe a sigma divergence and unconditional beta divergence rather than convergence of income across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369620
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Passive Modernization? The New Human Development Index and Its Components in Italy’s Regions (1871-2007)
Felice, Emanuele; Vasta, Michelangelo - Unitat d'Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de … - 2012
, convergence in the HDI occurred from the late XIX century to the 1970s, but came to a sudden halt in the last decades of the XX …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010836444
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The Role of Innovation Activities in Tourism and Regional Growth in Europe
Korres, George M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Tourism plays a crucial role for national economies throughout the world. In Europe, international tourism receipts were almost three times higher in the late 1990s than they were in the late 1980s. Tourism has great potential as regards contributing to the achievements of several major EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680968