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The determinants of economic growth in European regions

Crespo Cuaresma, Jesús; Doppelhofer, Gernot; … - 2009

countries is mostly a characteristic of regions in old EU member states. We also find robust evidence of positive growth of …

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Economic geography within and between European nations : the role of market potential and density across space and time

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2009

In explaining the uneven spatial distribution of economic activity, urban economics and new economic geography (NEG) dominate recent research in economics. A main difference between these two approaches is that NEG stresses the role of spatial linkages whereas urban economics does not do so. We...

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The EU budget dispute :a blessing in disguise?

Schneider, Ondřej (contributor) - 2007

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Adding geography to the new economic geography

Bosker, Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2007

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Trade, integration, and interregional inequality

Hirte, Georg; Lessmann, Christian - 2014 - This version: April 08, 2014

We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade (openness) on interregional inequality within countries. We estimate a model derived from a structural economic-geography approach in which interregional inequality depends on weighted trade shares and trade costs. In addition to...

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Does it pay to fulfill the Maastricht convergence criteria? : reflections on the public debt and growth nexus for selected European economies

Bökemeier, Bettina; Clemens, Christiane - 2016

This paper empirically studies whether it pays off (in terms of economic growth) to fulfill the convergence criteria on the public budget and participation in the Euro-zone. The analysis is based on data of European economies with a special focus on twelve Euro-zone members and a control group...

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Land, men, taxation : an application to pre-modern China and Europe ; Erik Jones' European miracle revisited

Blankart, Charles B. - 2014

Eric Jones has found that excessive taxes were detrimental for pre-modern China's economic growth whereas moderate taxes were conducive for Europe's economic growth. This paper provides a political-economic answer to the question why these two tax systems came about. Taxation is only feasible...

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Putting new economic geography to the test : free-ness of trade and agglomeration in the EU regions

Brakman, Steven (contributor); Garretsen, Harry (contributor) - 2005

structural model parameters for the NUTS II EU regions. These estimations enable us to come up with an empirically grounded free …-ness of trade parameter. In line with NEG theory, the estimation results show that a spatial wage structure exists for the EU … EU. Agglomeration forces appear to be rather localized. At the same time, confronting our empirical results with the …

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Spatial effects of European integration : do border regions benefit above average?

Niebuhr, Annekatrin (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

question whether they realise above average integration benefits. The empirical analysis concerns integration effects in the EU …

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Will stability last?

Martin, Will (contributor); Rowthorn, Bob (contributor) - 2004

There is no consensus about the causes of the reduction in business cycle volatility seen in many major economies over the last decade. Using stylised models of the economies of the US, Euro area, UK and Japan, we argue that economic stability has been fostered by improved monetary policy and by...

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