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A retrospective study on the regional benefits and spillover effects of high-speed broadband networks : evidence from German counties
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas S.; Gugler, Klaus - 2019 - This version: May 2019
There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our study aims to assess the economic benefits of high-speed broadband networks within...
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Political electoral cycles and public investments in Brazil
Orair, Rodrigo Octávio; Gouvêa, Raphael Rocha; Leal, … - 2015
This paper provides new evidence for the empirical literature that investigates the presence of political cycles in fiscal policy and, more precisely, public investments in Brazil. The approach differs from most of the studies for applying the state-space modeling. The greatest benefit is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012057055
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Who has Been Affected, How and Why? The Spillvoer of the Global Financial Crisis to Sub-Saharan Africa and Way to Recovery
Geis, André; Chauvin, Sophie - 2021
This paper first presents a comprehensive analysis of the significance of different transmission channels of the global economic and financial crisis to Sub-Saharan African countries. It then examines the repercussions of the crisis for the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316048
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Evaluating multiple spatial dimensionsof economic growth in Brazil using spatial panel data models (1970-2000)
Resende, Guilherme Mendes; Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata de; … - 2015
convergence hypothesis cannot be rejected suggesting there are differences in the convergence processes between the north and …
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A century of regional inequalities in Brazil
Magalhães, João Carlos Ramos; Alves, Pedro Jorge Holanda - 2022
leapfrogging over richer municipalities, from 1920 to 1970. Although the coefficients confirmed a long-term convergence trend in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014428797
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Spatial econometric interaction modelling
Patuelli, Roberto (ed.); Arbia, Giuseppe (ed.) - International Exploratory Workshop on Advances in the … - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
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Review of literature on the productivity of public capital
Hamalainen, Pellervo - 2009
This paper summarizes previous results on the productivity of public capital. In recent literature, Aschauer's (1989) estimate for the productivity of public capital is often considered too high and the size of the effect is still open to debate. However, the positive effect of public capital on...
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Fiscal transfers and economic convergence
Capella-Ramos, João; Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; … - 2020
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and increase its resilience, inter alia, by speeding up economic convergence. The impact of … transfers in real and business cycle convergence at a regional level. The paper distinguishes between net fiscal transfers - a … provides evidence that net fiscal transfers have contributed to income redistribution across regions and to faster convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012521156
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Fiscal Transfers and Economic Convergence
Capella-Ramos, João; Checherita-Westphal, Cristina D.; … - 2021
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and increase its resilience, inter alia, by speeding up economic convergence. The impact of … transfers in real and business cycle convergence at a regional level. The paper distinguishes between net fiscal transfers – a … provides evidence that net fiscal transfers have contributed to income redistribution across regions and to faster convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314882
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Impacts of subsidized credit on the optimum level of post-crisis investment of Brazilian firms
Alves, Patrick Franco; Silva, Ludmilla Lorrany Mattos; … - 2018
Firms' investment decisions involve analyzing prices, products, technologies, productive capacity and the availability of credit. These and other factors were greatly impacted by the 2009 post-crisis economic environment in Brazil. We measure the after crisis impacts of subsidized credit on the...
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