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Innovations as factor of absorptive capacity of FDI spillovers across regions of Russian Federation

Didenko, Alexander; Egorova, Tatiana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We study how innovations affect increase of regional total factor productivity (TFP) as a result of productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI), and confirm the presence of phenomenon in Russian data. TFP is modeled using data envelopment analysis (DEA) with the human capital,...

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Spatial autocorrelation and Verdoorn law in the Portuguese nuts III

Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This study analyses, through cross-section estimation methods, the influence of spatial effects in productivity (product per worker), at economic sectors level of the NUTs III of mainland Portugal, from 1995 to 1999 and from 2000 to 2005 (taking in count the data availability and the Portuguese...

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What causes the regional disparity of FDI in Russia? a spatial analysis

Kayam, Saime S.; Hisarciklilar, Mehtap; Yabrukov, Alexandr - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

We analyse the determinants of the regional disparity of FDI inflows to Russia. The spatial distribution of FDI is attributed to regional and/or trans-regional factors. Region specific characteristics such as wage, education level, transportation as well as gross regional product, which accounts...

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Long term impact of a major infrastructure project: the port of Gioia Tauro

Genco, Mario; Sirtori, Emanuela; Vignetti, Silvia - European Regional Science Association - 2013

This paper illustrates the story of the Port of Gioia Tauro, a major infrastructure investment co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund in the period 1994-1998, but whose origin dates back to the beginning of the 1970s. It draws from a recent ex-post evaluation carried out for the...

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Inequality of level of living in the Russian Federation: some regional and municipal aspects

Bufetova, Anna - European Regional Science Association - 2014

issue of disparities and convergence in levels of living within regions and cities of the Russian Federation (the RF) in the … classification of RF regions and cities and evaluation of disparities and convergence tendencies of levels of living. The analysis of … dynamics of the synthetic indicators of level of living provides evidence for regional convergence of levels of living and a …

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An Anaylsis in Order to Measure of Regional Development Agencies Performance and Their Impacts to the Regional Growth in Turkey

Bas, Ahmet; Yüzer, Mehmet Alı - European Regional Science Association - 2014

"Development" isn't only an economic notion but also it consist of so many meanings such as social, cultural manners, production and consumption ways. During the development process, development units could be growth in vary times and space. At this point what has to be told, which sector and...

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FDI and Growth: Can different regional identities shape the returns to foreign capital investments?

Resmini, Laura; Casi, Laura - European Regional Science Association - 2014

Do regional identities determine different levels of FDI-induced growth? This paper analyses the impact of FDI on the growth rates of European regions. In so doing, it discusses the role of different components of territorial capital in magnifying or daunting such an impact. The paper starts...

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Razvoj privrede zasnovan na ulaganjima u ljudske resurse i stranim investicijama

Zubovic, Jovan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

In this book the author analyses three very important aspects of transition: human resources, foreign investments and financial sector. At the beginning there is an analysis of investments in human resources. It starts by definition and types of human resources, and continues with definition of...

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Africa’s Burden: Labour Markets, Natural Resources and the FDI ‘Reliance-Rejection’ Paradox

de Mauro, Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper will attempt to provide a comprehensive answer to the complex issue of development in sub-Saharan Africa by identifying an FDI reliance-rejection paradox emanating from the incompatibility between colonial legacies and Structural Adjustment Programmes. Since the 1980s, international...

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Trade liberalization, FDI inflows, Environmental quality and Economic growth: A comparative analysis between Tunisia and Morocco

hakimi, Abdelaziz; Hamdi, Helmi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

The aim of this research is to investigate the economic impacts of the trade liberalization on the environmental quality in Tunisia and Morocco. Specifically, the paper inspects whether liberalization of the trade sector has harmed the quality of the environment in both countries. To this end,...

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