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Jensen, Camilla; Winiarczyk, Marcin winiarczyk - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 2014

In this paper we undertake an ex-post evaluation of whether the special economic zones (SEZs) introduced in Poland in … (nuts4 or something similar to a commune) and gmina (nuts5 or something similar to a village) levels in Poland during the … results indicate that SEZs in Poland have been successful in a number of their objectives such as private business creation …

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Three (marginal?) questions regarding convergence

Goerlich, Francisco J.; Mas, Matilde - In: Journal of Economic Studies 31 (2004) January, pp. 25-38

This paper focuses on three (marginal?) questions surrounding the analysis of economic convergence and uses Spanish provinces as a means of illustration. The three questions in hand are as follows. Given that the geographical units of analysis are usually quite different in economic size, is the...

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Human capital and regional convergence in Canada

Coulombe, Serge; Tremblay, Jean-François - In: Journal of Economic Studies 28 (2001) September, pp. 154-180

Proposes an empirical analysis of regional convergence in Canada based on the growth model of Barro et al. In an open economy with perfect capital mobility, if domestic residents cannot borrow abroad with human capital as collateral, the dynamics of human capital accumulation is the driving...

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Aggregate demand and aggregate supply in UK regions

Funke, Michael; Hall, Stephen - In: Journal of Economic Studies 25 (1998) September, pp. 260-276

UK regional data on GDP and the GDP deflator are analysed to extract information on underlying demand and supply shocks as well as aggregate demand and supply shocks. Identification is achieved using long run restrictions, based on a theoretical model. The main results are that the supply shocks...

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Local responses to a global monetary policy: The regional structure of financial systems

Lucio, Juan J. de; Izquierdo, Mario - In: Journal of Economic Studies 29 (2002) September, pp. 205-221

This paper contrasts the different regional effects of an homogeneous monetary policy, and studies the local characteristics that underlie these differential responses. To this purpose, we use Spanish regional data and estimate a vector autoregression (VAR) model using seemingly unrelated...

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Regional growth patterns and growth contagion

Bleaney, Michael; Castilleja-Vargas, Liliana - In: Journal of Economic Studies 34 (2007) January, pp. 4-12

Purpose – This paper seeks to assess the importance of time-varying regional patterns to countries' per capita growth rates, and their effect on the conclusions that can be drawn from growth regressions. Design/methodology/approach – Pooled ordinary least squares on a data set of five-year...

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Post-Adaptation Growth Recovery in Poland and Russia - Similarities and Differences

DABROWSKI, Marek; Rohozynsky, Oleksandr; Sinitsina, Irina - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 2004

followed the first period of output decline in two transition countries – Poland and Russia. They represent two different … than in Poland, and recovery came later. Unlike in the leading transition countries, the role of new private firms and FDI … excessive welfare state can be considered as the main development burden in the case of Poland. In both analyzed countries …

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Enterprise Performance and Ownership Changes in Polish Firms

Kozarzewski, Piotr; Woodward, Richard - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 2004

devoted to such issues of relevance as the ownership structure of privatized companies in Poland and how it changed over the …

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Lessons from Economic Transformation and the Road Forward

Gomulka, Stanislaw - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 1994

briefly on developments in Poland. …

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The IMF-Supported Programs of Poland and Russia, 1990-1994: Principles, Errors and Results

Gomulka, Stanislaw - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 1995

The paper discusses four IMF-supported adjustment programs of Poland, 1990-1995, and two of Russia, 1992-1994, in terms … assistance. The primary objective of this paper is to discuss the IMF-supported adjustment programs of Poland and Russia in terms … of the broad policy objectives, common and separate, of the authorities of Poland, Russia and the two Bretton Woods …

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