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A retrospective study on the regional benefits and spillover effects of high-speed broadband networks : evidence from German counties
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas S.; Gugler, Klaus - 2019 - This version: May 2019
There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our study aims to assess the economic benefits of high-speed broadband networks within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029109
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On the relationship between economic integration, business environment and real convergence : the experience of the CEE countries
Głodowska, Agnieszka - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 2/54, pp. 1-19
The aim of the article is to verify the convergence process of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (CEE10) countries … economic integration and convergence as well as business environment and growth. The study methods applied in in the article …10 and EU15 countries were developing in accordance with the convergence hypothesis. The impact of economic integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021613
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Political electoral cycles and public investments in Brazil
Orair, Rodrigo Octávio; Gouvêa, Raphael Rocha; Leal, … - 2015
This paper provides new evidence for the empirical literature that investigates the presence of political cycles in fiscal policy and, more precisely, public investments in Brazil. The approach differs from most of the studies for applying the state-space modeling. The greatest benefit is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012057055
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Evaluating multiple spatial dimensionsof economic growth in Brazil using spatial panel data models (1970-2000)
Resende, Guilherme Mendes; Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata de; … - 2015
convergence hypothesis cannot be rejected suggesting there are differences in the convergence processes between the north and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056555
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Regional economic convergence in Turkey : does the government really matter for?
Gömleksiz, Mustafa; Şahbaz, Ahmet; Mercan, Birol - In: Economies : open access journal 5 (2017) 3, pp. 1-16
Solow (1956) has made an essential contribution to the Neo-classical growth approach through the economic convergence …. Convergence could occur either among a group of economies with the same steady states or within regions in which their fundamental … dynamics differ, and thus they exhibit multiple steady states. This study aims to investigate convergence with respect to GDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011754835
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A century of regional inequalities in Brazil
Magalhães, João Carlos Ramos; Alves, Pedro Jorge Holanda - 2022
leapfrogging over richer municipalities, from 1920 to 1970. Although the coefficients confirmed a long-term convergence trend in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014428797
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How does a policymaker rank regional income distributions across years? : a study on the evolution of Greek regional per capita income
Liontakis, Angelos - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 2/40, pp. 1-12
. Overall, there is no regional convergence from year 2000 to 2017, while the evolution of regional income does not follow a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012238482
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Regional convergence and economic performance : a case study of the West German Laender
Buscher, Herbert S. - 1999
In the paper we analyze the convergence process of the West German Laender from 1970 to 1995 using descriptive tools as … convergence was insufficient in the sense that no gains have been achieved with respect to a stronger harmonization of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428207
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Regional stabilization by fiscal equalization? : Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence from Germany
Büttner, Thiess - 1999
In the context of EMU fiscal equalization schemes have been proposed as a means to stabilize regions against asymmetric shocks. A theoretical analysis shows that besides reducing the cross-sectional income variance the redistributive element of fiscal equalization causes incentive effects for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428245
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Which economic sectors influence average household income? : a spatial econometric study of Thailand’s 76 provinces
Viriya Taecharungroj - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 2, pp. 1-25
This study investigates the impact of various economic sectors on household income in Thailand. It is conducted in light of the substantial "digital wallet" scheme initiated by the Thai government, with the goal of providing empirical evidence and suggesting alternative policies for regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014497103