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Economic effects of transportation infrastructure quantity and quality: A study of German counties

Gaus, Dennis; Link, Heike - 2020

In this paper, we analyze the impact of transportation infrastructure quantity and quality on regional economic … infrastructure both locally and supra-regionally. We furthermore provide evidence for the claim that insufficient maintenance and low … infrastructure conditions significantly slow economic growth through a negative correlation between GDP and the quality grade of …

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Local and spatial cointegration in the wage curve: A spatial panel analysis for German regions

Kosfeld, Reinhold; Dreger, Christian - 2015

The wage curve introduced by Blanchflower and Oswald (1990, 1994) postulates a negative correlation between wages and unemployment. Empirical results focus on particular theoretical channels establishing the relationship. Panel models mostly draw on unionized bargaining or the efficiency wage...

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Where is the consumer center of St. Peterburg?

Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Krylova, Irina; Kryutchenko, … - 2017

In an urban economy, the distribution of people and real estate prices depends on the location of the central business district of a city. As distance from the city center increases, both prices and population density diminish, for travel costs increase in terms of time and money. As...

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Towards an East German wage curve: NUTS boundaries, labour market regions and unemployment spillovers

Kosfeld, Reinhold; Dreger, Christian - 2017

The relevance of spatial effects in the wage curve can be rationalized by the model of monopsonistic competition in regional labour markets. However, distortions in extracting the regional unemployment effects arise in standard regional (i.e. NUTS) classifications as they fail to adequately...

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Agglomeration economies and firm TFP: Different effects across industries

Gornig, Martin; Schiersch, Alexander - 2019

This paper analyzes the effect of agglomeration economies on firms' total factor productivity. We propose the use of a control function approach to overcome the econometric issue inherent to the two-stage approach commonly used in the literature. Estimations are conducted separately for four...

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Way off: The effect of minimum distance regulation on the deployment of wind power

Stede, Jan; May, Nils - 2020

Several countries and regions have introduced mandatory minimum distances of wind turbines to nearby residential areas, in order to increase public acceptance of wind power. Germany's largest federal state Bavaria introduced such separation distances of ten times the height of new wind turbines...

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Way off: The effect of minimum distance regulation on the deployment and cost of wind power

Stede, Jan Patrick; Blauert, Marc; May, Nils - 2021

With the expansion of onshore wind power, countries increasingly consider the introduction of minimum distance regulations between wind turbines to nearby residential areas, to increase public acceptance. In 2014, the German federal state of Bavaria introduced a minimum distance regulation that...

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The spatial econometrics of elephant population change: A note

Frank, Björn; Maurseth, Per Botolf - 2005

While previous research found no other variable than corruption to have a negative impact on (the growth rate of) the African countries' elephant populations, we show that one further significant impact is exerted by what one might all neighbourhood effects. Elephants travel long distances,...

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European Regional Convergence in a Human Capital Augmented Solow Model

Eckey, Hans-Friedrich; Dreger, Christian; Türck, Matthias - 2006

In this paper, the process of productivity convergence is investigated for the enlarged European Union using regional (NUTS-2) data. The Solow model extended by human capital is employed as a workhorse. Alternative strategies are proposed to control for spatial effects. All specifications...

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From boom to bust? A critical look at US shale gas projections

Richter, Philipp M. - 2013

US shale gas production is generally expected to continue its fast rise. However, a cautious evaluation is needed. Shale gas resource estimates are potentially overoptimistic and it is uncertain to which extent they can be produced economically. Moreover, the adverse environmental effects of...

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