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Análisis de las disparidades regionales en Colombia: una aproximación desde la estadística espacial, 1985 – 2010
Moncada Mesa, Jhonny; Quintero, Loaiza; Leandro, Osmar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper aims to determine whether there is any convergence at all between the economic activities of the Colombian … Cundinamarca and Antioquia examples of outstanding performance. This way, it is concluded that there is convergence between the … Colombian municipalities for the period analyzed, reaching an approximate convergence speed of 3.34% per annum. …
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What said the neoclassical and endogenous growth theories about Portugal?
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The aim of this paper is to present a further contribution, with panel data, to the analysis of absolute convergence … productivity at regional level. Presenting some empirical evidence of absolute convergence of productivity for each of the economic … empirical evidence of conditional convergence of productivity, for each of the economic sectors of the NUTS II of Portugal, from …
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Going NUTS: the effect of EU structural funds on regional performance
Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; von Ehrlich, Maximilian; … - 2008
The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states to allow them to catch up with the EU average. Under the Objective 1 scheme, NUTS2 regions with a GDP per capita level below 75% of the EU average qualify for structural funds transfers from the central EU budget....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273782
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Services growth and convergence: Getting India’s states together
Shingal, ANIRUDH - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
services are and we provide evidence for this both in terms of traditional measures of sigma- and beta-convergence and more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246879
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Convergence and Regional Productivity Divide in Italy: Evidence from Panel Data
Aiello, Francesco; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
endogeneity, we find two key results for the growth of Italian regions. Firstly, we show that the rate of conditional convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005089337
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Infrastructure and Development Interlinkage in West Bengal: A VAR Analysis
Majumder, Rajarshi; Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Theoretical propositions proclaim that the association between Infrastructure Availability and Development of a region is quite strong and runs from the former to the latter. Empirical studies are however, inconclusive. While few researchers have concluded that the impact of infrastructure on...
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Effects of Investment on Macroeconomic Variables in the Sudanese Economy
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Most developing and underdeveloped countries beside Sudan suffer from the low levels of income in addition to the low savings that are result from the lack of sophisticated savings channels. Hence, the investment depends on the individual's abilities on self savings, where the investment is...
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Federal, State, and Local Governments: Evaluating their Separate Roles in US Growth
Higgins, Matthew; Young, Andrew; Levy, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We use US county level data (3,058 observations) from 1970 to 1998 to explore the relationship between economic growth and the extent of government employment at three levels: federal, state and local. We find that increases in federal, state and local government employments are all negatively...
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Infrastructure and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment A Regional Analysis
Castro, Lucio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In the 1990’s, Argentina became a top destination for FDI to developing countries. The geographical distribution of FDI inflows was, however, highly uneven. In parallel, the spatial allocation of public infrastructure greatly mirrored these regional disparities. What were the determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621706
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Sports and Regional Growth in Sweden - Is a successful professional sports team good for regional economic growth?
Värja, Emelie - 2014
This study investigates whether net inbound migration and per capita income growth of a municipality is affected when a local sports team enters or exits the premium national leagues in ice hockey or soccer in Sweden. Local governments frequently support a local professional team through direct...
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