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Trade and regional inequality
Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper examines the relationship between openness and within-country regional inequality across 28 countries over the period 1975-2005. In particular, it tests a) whether increases in trade lead to rising inequalities, b) whether these inequalities recede in time, and c) whether increases in...
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The Spatial Development of India
Desmet, Klaus; Ghani, Ejaz; O'Connell, Stephen D; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper studies the recent spatial development of India. Services, and to a lesser extent manufacturing, are … services have tended to grow fastest in medium-density locations, such as Silicon Valley. India's experience is not common to … that of India. Our findings suggest that certain frictions are keeping medium-density places in India from growing faster. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084107
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Towards a European Migration Policy
Straubhaar, Thomas; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
The stagnating West European population combined with the prosperous economic development of the European Community (EC) generate strong economic incentives for immigration. The drastic political changes in Eastern Europe generate emigration pressures. There are a variety of problems with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504551
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Income inequality, decentralisation and regional development in Western Europe
Pike, Andy J; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tomaney, John; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper deals with the relationship between decentralisation, regional economic development, and income inequality within regions. Using multiplicative interaction models and regionally aggregated microeconomic data for more than 100,000 individuals in the European Union (EU), it addresses...
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Structural Reforms and Regional Convergence
Che, Natasha Xingyuan; Spilimbergo, Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Which structural reforms affect the speed the regional convergence within a country? We found that domestic financial development, trade/current account openness, better institutional infrastructure, and selected labor market reforms facilitate regional convergence. However, these reforms have...
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Public Policies, Regional Inequalities and Growth
Martin, Philippe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper constructs a two-region endogenous growth model, where economic geography and public infrastructures play a key role. The model allows us to analyse the contribution of different types of redistributive public policies on growth, industrial geography and spatial income distribution....
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Taking the Bite Out of Fiscal Competition
Justman, Moshe; Thisse, Jacques-François; van … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
Regions can benefit by offering infrastructure services that are differentiated by quality, thus segmenting the market for industrial location. Regions that compete on infrastructure quality have an incentive to increase the degree of differentiation between them. This places an upper bound on...
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Will East Germany Become a New Mezzogiorno?
Boltho, Andrea; Carlin, Wendy; Scaramozzino, Pasquale - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
maintenance, with reduced wage sensitivity to regional labour market conditions and with increases in rent-seeking opportunities …
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Politics and investment: examining the territorial allocation of public investment in Greece
Psycharis, Yannis; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tselios, Vassilis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
This paper discusses how electoral politics shapes the regional allocation of public investment expenditures per capita in Greece. Using regional public investment data for 10 political periods (1975-2009), combined with electoral data by constituency, a model is proposed which captures the...
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The Impact of Urban Enterprise Zones on Establishments' Location Decisions: Evidence from French ZFUs
Mayer, Thierry; Mayneris, Florian; Py, Loriane - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
In this paper, we study the impact of a French enterprise zones program---the ``Zones Franches Urbaines'' (ZFUs) policy---on establishments' location decisions. Our empirical analysis is based on a micro-geographic dataset which provides exhaustive information on the location of establishments...
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