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Pandemics, places, and populations : evidence from the Black Death
Jedwab, Remi; Johnson, Noel D.; Koyama, Mark - 2019
growth. On average, cities recovered their pre-Plague populations within two centuries. In addition, aggregate convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977143
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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 … economic growth implied by differences between regions and those within regions of a given country. In the cross-section of … countries is mostly a characteristic of regions in old EU member states. We also find robust evidence of positive growth of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806087
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The language effect in international trade : a meta-analysis
Egger, Peter; Lassmann, Andrea - 2011
Gravity models of international trade have been frequently applied to estimate the impact of common (official or spoken) language on bilateral trade. This study provides a meta-analysis based on 701 language effects collected from 81 academic articles. On average, a common (official or spoken)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009412376
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Regional policy evaluation : interactive fixed effects and synthetic control
Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry - 2014
In this paper, we investigate the use of interactive effect or linear factor models in regional policy evaluation. We contrast treatment effect estimates obtained by Bai (2009)'s least squares method with the popular difference in differences estimates as well as with estimates obtained using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434019
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Going NUTS : the effect of EU structural funds on regional performance
Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; Ehrlich, Maximilian Von; … - 2008
may not receive EU funds because their NUTS2 mother region does not qualify. We find positive growth effects of Objective … effective, but also cost-efficient. -- Structural funds ; regional growth ; regression discontinuity design ; quasi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003803543
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Performative state capacity and climate (in)action
Feld, Immanuel; Fetzer, Thiemo - 2024
Climate action requires significant public- and private sector investment to achieve meaningful reductions in carbon emissions. This paper documents that large-scale austerity, coupled with barriers to flows of data and a lack of (digital) skills in (local) government, may have been a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014490829
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Aid on demand : African leaders and the geography of China's foreign assistance
Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Hodler, Roland; Parks, Bradley - 2015
This article investigates whether China's foreign aid is particularly prone to political capture by political leaders of aid-receiving countries. Specifically, we examine whether more Chinese aid is allocated to the political leaders' birth regions and regions populated by the ethnic group to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295794
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EU cohesion policy on the ground : analyzing small-scale effects using satellite data
Bachtrögler, Julia; Dolls, Mathias; Krolage, Carla; … - 2022
We present a novel approach for analyzing the effects of EU cohesion policy on local economic activity. For all municipalities in the border area of the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland, we collect project-level data on EU funding in the period between 2007 and 2013. Using night light emission...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426556
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The impact of China's "stadium diplomacy" on local economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lindlacher, Valentin; Pirich, Gustav - 2024
This study investigates the economic impact of China's "stadium diplomacy" in Sub-Saharan Africa. Exploiting the staggered timing of the construction in a difference-in-differences framework, we analyze the effect of Chinese-built and financed stadiums on local economic development. Employing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014456170
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The elusive quest for the holy grail of an impact of EU funds on regional growth
Fidrmuc, Jan; Hulényi, Martin; Zajkowska, Olga - 2019
We analyze the impact of EU structural and cohesion funds on economic growth of European regions, using 2SLS to tackle … economic growth in the EU. The inter-regional spillovers in the effect of Cohesion Policy on regional growth are found to be … redistribution: institutional reform can also help boost growth performance. …
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