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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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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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Diversification and development of the UAE’s economy

Schilirò, Daniele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This contribution examines the major features of UAE’s economy, its factors of strengths, undelying also its critical aspects. Furthermore, the work focuses on the crucial factors that characterize a diversified knowledge economy and indicates the policies that the economy of the United Arab...

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How long is Simon’s long run? : a first approach

Voisenat, Garces; Pedro, Juan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1987

Julian Simon has stated, in many of his recent publications, that population growth, although reducing income per capita in the short run through capital dilution, increases the rate of growth of that same income per capita in the long run (steady state) through technical progress brought about...

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Agricultural productivity and trade: Argentina and the U.S.A.

Chichilnisky, Graciela; McLeod, D. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1984

We study labor productivity in agriculture within a two-region, two factor and two commodity economy. Increases in productivity can lead to higher or to lower agricultural prices, depending on the internal structure of the economy. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for either outcome;...

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The Role of Education in Development

Marla, Ripoll; Juan, Cordoba - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Most education around the globe is public. Moreover, investment rates in education as well as schooling attainments differ substantially across countries. We construct a general equilibrium life-cycle model that is consistent with these facts. We provide simple analytical solutions for the...

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Military Expenditure, Endogeneity and Economic Growth

d'Agostino, Giorgio; Dunne, John Paul; Pieroni, Luca - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The debate over the economic effects of military spending continues to develop, with no consensus, but a deepening understanding of the issues and limitations of previous work. A recent survey has suggested that the inclusion of post Cold War data has tended to make finding a negative effect...

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Social capital, growth and poverty: a survey of cross-country evidence

Knack, Stephen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

This chapter surveys the major contributions to the rapidly growing empirical literature on social capital and economic performance, focusing primarily on cross-country approaches. It first addresses characteristics of governments that fall under broad definitions of the term social capital. It...

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