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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....
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The Implications of the New Silk Road Railways on Local Development
Fang, Ling - 2019
This paper studies regional treatment effects of infrastructure projects on economic growth, employment and intermodal transport volumes. The recent Belt and Road Initiative provides an experiment that can be evaluated using matching econometrics. Our results show that the establishment of a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859984
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Bohemians, human capital, and regional economic growth
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2009
An emerging literature on the geography of bohemians argues that a region's lifestyle and cultural amenities explain, at least partly, the unequal distribution of highly qualified people across space, which in turn, explains geographic disparities in economic growth. However, to date, there has...
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The Impact of the Spatial Population Distribution on Economic Growth : Evidence from the United States
Bürgi, Constantin; Gorgulu, Nisan - 2022
We look at a part of the spatial angle of economic growth. We introduce a new measure Spatial Population Concentration (SPC) that captures the weighted average population surrounding every person within a geographic area. The weights are a function of the distance between the person in question...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014243162
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Stock Market Linkages between the ASEAN Countries, China and the Us : A Fractional Cointegration Approach
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2019
This paper examines stock market integration between the ASEAN five and the US and China, respectively, over the period … analysis is carried out for the weekly series to study the impact of the 2007-8 global financial crisis and the 2015 China … exhibit long memory. There is cointegration between the ASEAN five and the US but almost none between the former and China …
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Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation : Evidence from U.S. Patents
Autor, David H. - 2019
emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U …
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Does Public Employment Affect Household Saving Rates? Evidence from Chinese Household Data
Xu, Can; Steiner, Andreas - 2022
This paper investigates the impact of public employment on household saving rates in China using representative …
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The determinants of economic growth in European regions
Crespo-Cuaresma, Jesús; Doppelhofer, Gernot; … - 2009
We use Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) to evaluate the robustness of determinants of economic growth in a new dataset of 255 European regions in the 1995-2005 period. We use three different specifications based on (1) the cross-section of regions, (2) the cross-section of regions with country...
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Culture and institutions : economic development in the regions of Europe
Tabellini, Guido - 2005
Does culture have a causal effect on economic development? The data on European regions suggest that it does. Culture is measured by indicators of individual values and beliefs, such as trust and respect for others, and confidence in individual self-determination. To isolate the exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261295
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Working from Home, Wages, and Regional Inequality in the Light of COVID-19
Irlacher, Michael - 2020
We use the most recent wave of the German Qualifications and Career Survey and reveal a substantial wage premium in a Mincer regression for workers performing their job from home. The premium persists within narrowly defined jobs and after controlling for workplace activities and accounts to...
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