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Ports and Regional Development: A European Perspective
Ferrari, Claudio; Merk, Olaf; Bottasso, Anna; Conti, … - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2012
This paper studies the impact of port activity on regional employment, analysing approximately 560 western European regions, including the largest OECD European ports (116 ports), from 2000-06. The empirical analysis is based on a set of employment equations using the Blundell and Bond (1998)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277067
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Spatio-temporal Analysis of Regional Systems: A Multiregional Spatial Vector Autoregressive Model for Spain
RAMAJO, JULIAN; MARQUEZ, MIGUEL A.; HEWINGS, GEOFFREY J.D. - European Regional Science Association - 2013
This paper contributes to the recent literature in spatial econometrics that focuses on space-time data modeling implementing a multi-location time-series statistical framework to analyze a regional system. Therefore, taking as a point of departure the Global Vector Autoregression approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740435
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Theory and empirics of horizontal and spatial integration of local communal services
Czako, Katalin; Poreisz, Veronika - European Regional Science Association - 2013
There are three parts of our paper. Firstly, it gives an overview about the goals and factors which affect the integration of local communal services. Horizontal integration means joining the various individual service providers, such as water supply and sewage, communal waste, district heating,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145512
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South-North convergence from a new perspective
Hübler, Michael - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
-North convergence based on North-South technology diffusion through intermediate goods trade is guaranteed if the knowledge effect … dominates the productivity effect. Moreover, a larger Southern market expands the area of convergence and can prevent divergence … convergence is desirable for both, the South and the North. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985693
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Growth Trends and Characteristics of OECD Rural Regions
Garcilazo, Enrique - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013
This paper benchmarks the performance of OECD rural regions with other types of OECD regions over the period 1995-2010. OECD regions are classified into three types according to the OECD regional typology and into four types according to the extended OECD typology. The latter classifies rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274595
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Interregional Inequality and Federal Expenditures and Transfers in Russia
Torbenko, Alexander - European Regional Science Association - 2014
The paper considers the influence of federal government expenditures and transfers on interregional convergence in … period in Russian regions there existed un- conditional beta-convergence, poor regions grew faster than rich ones. This …. Comparing our results to the results of previous research the process of interregional convergence in Russia can be seen. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075963
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The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Danube Axis (Bratislava, Štúrovo, Komárno), Slovak Republic
Bossche, Marten van den; Merk, Olaf; Li, Jing - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the inland ports of the Slovak Republic within the framework of the Danube Axis, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277064
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The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Helsinki, Finland
Merk, Olaf; Hilmola, Olli-Pekka; Dubarle, Patrick - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2012
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the Port of Helsinki, as well as an analysis of the port?s impact on its territory and an assessment of relevant policies and governance. It examines declining port performance in the last decade and identifies the principal factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277066
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The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Mersin, Turkey
Merk, Olaf; Bagis, Oguz - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Mersin, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277070
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The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Antofagasta, Chile
Merk, Olaf - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of ports of Antofagasta, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277072