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The contribution of universities to growth : empirical evidence for Italy
Carree, Martin Anthony; Della Malva, Antonio; … - 2011 - Version: October 21, 2011
New entrepreneurial ventures may represent a viable and effective mechanism to transform academic knowledge into regional economic growth. We test this notion for the Italian provinces between 2001 and 2006. We evaluate three outputs of academic activities: teaching, research and Intellectual...
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CO2 highways for Europe modeling a carbon capture, transport and storage infrastructure for Europe
Mendelevitch, Roman; Herold, Johannes; Oei, Pao-Yu; … - 2010
We present a mixed integer, multi-period, cost-minimizing carbon capture, transport and storage (CCTS) network model for Europe. The model incorporates endogenous decisions about carbon capture, pipeline and storage investments; capture, flow and injection quantities based on given costs,...
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European electricity grid infrastructure expansion in a 2050 context
Egerer, Jonas; Gerbaulet, Clemens; Lorenz, Casimir - 2013
The European climate targets until 2050 require an adaptation of the generation portfolio in terms of renewable and fossil based generation. Assumptions on the timeline of the targets and the availability and costs of generation technologies are used in energy system models to optimize the cost...
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Convergence in European retail payments
Martikainen, Emmi; Schmiedel, Heiko; Takalo, Tuomas - 2013
integration, convergence in the European retail payments market is measured during the period 1995-2011 for the most used retail … estimating convergence are used: sigma convergence and beta convergence. There is some evidence of convergence for all payment … instruments has declined over time in Europe. The pace of convergence has picked up since the introduction of the single currency …
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Till labor cost do us part : on the long run convergence of EMU countries
Pancotto, Francesca; Pericoli, Filippo Maria - 2011
A sustainable long-run pattern in the relative competitiveness of euro area countries is a key factor for the survivorship of the monetary union. We analyze the issue focussing on unit labor cost dynamics using cointegration analysis for the whole economy and for the manufacturing sector...
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European regional convergence in a human capital augmented solow model
Eckey, Hans-Friedrich (contributor);  … - 2006
In this paper, the process of productivity convergence is investigated for the enlarged European Union using regional … control for spatial effects. All specifications confirm the presence of convergence with an annual speed between 3 and 3 … in the speed of convergence across the regions, where a higher speed is striking in particular in France and the UK …
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Local banking and local economic growth in Italy : some panel evidence
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Di Colli, Stefano; Di Salvo, … - 2014
This paper provides new evidence on the contribution of local banking to local economic growth (i.e. at county level - the Italian "province") in Italy. A comprehensive dataset is used, which includes control variables for social capital and human capital as well as indicators of the quality of...
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Inequality and Growth in Rural China : Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?
Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren; Giles, John - 2021
We explore the relationship between the level of village inequality in 1986, and the subsequent growth of household incomes from 1986 to 1999. Using a detailed household-level data set from rural China, we find robust evidence that initial inequality is negatively related to subsequent household...
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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 production. We exploit an extensive panel dataset on the German county level (N=401), expressing the capital value and condition of highways between 2007 and 2016, to estimate a...
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The Economic Growth Impact of Hurricanes : Evidence from US Coastal Counties
Strobl, Eric - 2021
We estimate the impact of hurricane strikes on local economic growth rates and how this is reflected in more aggregate growth patterns. To this end we assemble a panel data set of US coastal counties' growth rates and construct a hurricane destruction index that is based on a monetary loss...
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