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Ports and regional development : a European perspective

Ferrari, Claudio; Merk, Olaf; Bottasso, Anna; Conti, … - 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)...

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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 …

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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Hong Kong – China

Merk, Olaf; Li, Jing - 2013

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Hong Kong, an analysis of the impact of the port on the 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...

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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Antofagasta – Chile

Merk, Olaf - 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...

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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Shanghai – China

Hong, Zhen; Merk, Olaf; Nan, Zhao; Li, Jing; Mingying, Xu - 2013

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Shanghai, an analysis of the impact of the port on its 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 to...

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Ageing and productivity growth in OECD regions : combatting the economic impact of ageing through productivity growth?

Daniele, Federica; Honiden, Taku; Lembcke, Alexander C. - 2019

OECD countries and their regions are ageing fast. In principle, the negative impact of ageing on the growth rate of per capita gross domestic product could be offset by increases in productivity. However, for many regions, productivity growth required to maintain per capita GDP levels constant...

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The competitiveness of global port-cities : synthesis report

Merk, Olaf - 2013

This report provides a synthesis of main findings from the OECD Port-Cities Programme, created in 2010 in order to assess the impact of ports on their cities and provide policy recommendations to increase the positive impacts of ports on their cities.

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Green Port Development – Welche Rolle kommt Häfen bei der Erreichung der Klimaziele zu?

Nitt-Drießelmann, Dörte; Wedemeier, Jan - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 101 (2021) 4, pp. 290-293

Ein Großteil des europäischen Warentransports erfolgt mit dem Schiff. Häfen, die die Infrastruktur für maritime Aktivitäten bereitstellen, sind wichtige Akteure im maritimen Sektor und von hoher Bedeutung für die europäische Wirtschaft. Um internationale Klimaabkommen erfüllen zu...

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The spatial dimension of productivity : connecting the dots across industries, firms and places

Tsvetkova, Alexandra; Ahrend, Rudiger; … - 2020

This working paper offers a synthesis of the current knowledge on the determinants of productivity. It carefully reviews both “spatial” (e.g. agglomerations, infrastructure, geography) and “aspatial” (e.g. human capital, labour regulations, industry-level innovation and dynamism)...

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Quality of Government and the Returns of Investment: Examining the Impact of Cohesion Expenditure in European Regions

Rodriguez-Pose, Andrés; Garcilazo, Enrique - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013

This paper sets out to examine the impact of the quality of local and regional governments on the returns of investment, focusing on the returns of EU structural and cohesion funds. Despite the widespread belief that the quality of government affects the returns of public investments, whether...

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