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Agglomeration, Spatial Interaction and Convergence in the EU

Brauninger, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005

We investigate the convergence process among EU regions between 1980-2002 taking into account the effects of spatial …

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Spatial Dependence of Regional Unemployment in the European Union

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002

The findings of recent studies on adjustment processes suggest that regional labour markets in the EU and the US differ significantly. Low wage flexibility and limited labour mobility in European countries involve persistent unemployment differentials across regions. However, the spatial...

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Convergence and the Effects of Spatial Interaction

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the issue of income convergence has received considerable attention in economic … scarce. The present paper is an attempt to provide additional information on the spatial aspect of convergence. Spatial … econometric methods are used to investigate regional convergence in West Germany. The results indicate that spatial interaction is …

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The Effect of New Business Formation on Regional Development over Time: The Case of Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2006

We investigate the effects of new business formation on employment change in German regions. A special focus is on the lag-structure of this effect and on differences between regions. The different phases of the effects of new business formation on regional development are relatively pronounced...

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The Persistence of Regional New Business Formation-Activity over Time - Assessing the Potential of Policy Promotion Programs

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

We investigate regional differences in the level and the development of regional new business formation activity. There is a pronounced variance of start-up rates across the regions. The level of regional new firm formation is rather path-dependent so that changes are relatively small. The main...

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