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In this paper, we examine the determinants of Brazilian city growth between 1970 and 2000. We consider a model of a city, which combines aspects of standard urban economics and the new economic geography literatures. For the empirical analysis, we constructed a dataset of 123 Brazilian...
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agglomerations and in the South, but there is some indication of regional convergence with higher rates of income growth in poorer …
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This paper reconsiders the theoretical foundations of EU regional policy in economics. It begins with a discussion of the line of thought of its prevalent explanation in equilibrium economics which is focusing on market failures as its key underpinning and which is the major toolkit of...
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convergence or economic cohesion, respectively. Following this strand of theory no regional policy is needed to achieve … convergence among the regions or nations of a common market. Thus, comparing the two internal markets, the question comes up if … inhibiting internal migration, which is one of the key measures in achieving convergence among the nations in the Single European …
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This paper reconsiders the theoretical foundations of EU regional policy in economics. It begins with a discussion of the line of thought of its prevalent explanation in equilibrium economics which is focusing on market failures as its key underpinning and which is the major toolkit of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011487099