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We examine the effect of a large-scale administrative reorganization in China, where counties are annexed into cities to accommodate urban growth. We present a simple model to illustrate how this annexation may affect firm entry decisions and in turn land market outcomes. Using nationwide data...
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We examine the effect of a large-scale administrative reorganization in China, where counties are annexed into cities to accommodate urban growth. We present a simple model to illustrate how this annexation may affect firm entry decisions and in turn land market outcomes. Using nationwide data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014263917
Regional income disparities have increased in many European countries recently, even as national and supra … as migration are at the core of differential regional growth. In this framework, we assess the effectiveness of …
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national regional policy funds. The benchmark for the co-funding is that the EU bears 50% of total costs associated with … regional projects eligible for EU support. In some regions, however, the EU contribution has reached 85% of total costs. This … study examines how such additionality degrees are determined. Our findings indicate that the regional variation of …
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employment. In this context, the promotion of a concept called regional innovation system has recently become important in the EU … for guaranteeing long-term regional economic growth. This paper attempts to explain the determinants of the varying … degrees of innovation promotion by the EU from one region to another. Since regional-policy strategies should have been …
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We exploit a series of public-sector entity relocations in South Korea as an exogenous source of variation in public sector employment to estimate the local employment multiplier. We find that the introduction of one public sector employment position increases private sector employment by one...
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We describe a model that integrates a multi-regional input-output model of the U.S. (50 states and the District of …
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period, we find that the degree and nature of regional urbanization and specialization are important drivers of the …
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We use a quantitative model to study the implications of European integration for welfare and migration flows across 1,318 regions. The model suggests that an increase of trade barriers to the level of 1957 reduces welfare by about 1-2 percent on average, depending on the presumed trade...
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The commonly-used satellite images of nighttime lights fail to capture the true brightness of most cities. We show that night lights are a reliable proxy for economic activity at the city level, provided they are first corrected for top-coding. We present a stylized model of urban luminosity and...
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