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Technology, Learning, and Long Run Economic Growth in Leading and Lagging Regions
Batabyal, Amit; Nijkamp, Peter - European Regional Science Association - 2014
We use a dynamic model to study the effects of technology and learning on the long run economic growth rates of a leading and a lagging region. New technologies are developed in the leading region but technological improvements in the lagging region are the result of learning from the leading...
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Smart Specialisation in the EU: Is it a Bridge between Innovation and Cohesion?
Pessoa, Argentino - European Regional Science Association - 2014
-tech'(S3 Platform website). This paper looks at the capacity of the smart specialization approach to attain the aims that it … specialization is able to bridge efficiency and equity which inspire innovation and cohesion, respectively. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075920
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Knowledge-intensive employment growth in the Dutch Randstad and the German Rhine-Ruhr area: the impact of centrality and peripherality
Kronenberg, Kristin; Volgmann, Kati - European Regional Science Association - 2013
This paper investigates to what extent the different subsectors of the knowledge economy are subject to sector-specific spatial patterns of employment dynamics, and whether these patterns are conditional upon the general economic climate in a particular region. To this end, we analyze and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740400
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New firm formation and its effect on employment growth in declining regions
Delfmann, Heike; Koster, Sierdjan - European Regional Science Association - 2014
New firm formation is often highly prioritized by local governments, particularly for regions that are declining. Entrepreneurship can play an important role in keeping declining regions vital through job creation. Yet, the way in which new firm formation exerts its influence on employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075819
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Knowledge Spillovers in Cities: The Role of Imitation and Innovation
Assmann, Dirk; Stiller, Johannes - European Regional Science Association - 2014
The aim of this paper is to develop a spatial model that explicitly incorporates the different types of knowledge spillovers taking place in cities and to show how they affect the migration decision of individuals and the size of cities. We use a static general equilibrium framework with two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075989
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Smart specialisation - Old wine in new bottles or new wine in old bottles?
Asheim, Bjorn - European Regional Science Association - 2013
The paper deals with the problematic addressed in the above subtitle; i.e. that ?smart specialization? indicates old … wine (specialization) in new bottles (smart), but is in fact new wine (diversity) in old bottles (specialization). This …?s (regional) cluster approach (Porter, 1998). A normal interpretation of ?smart? would imply a successful specialization strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740296
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Development, growth and decline in Europe: New patterns of economic convergence and divergence?
Cornett, Andreas P.; Soerensen, Nils Karl - European Regional Science Association - 2013
The influence of general economic and fiscal policy is in recent years more significant than ever. Tight budgets sets limits on public spending in general and on regional development in particular, both with regard to programs specifically targeted on regional issue, but often also indirect due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740379
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Sustainability of the development in the mountain ? disadvantaged areas: the case of Vlasti in Greece
Pitoska, Electra - European Regional Science Association - 2013
The current challenges make the constant search and adoption of sustainable touristic development necessary. This kind of development has both the human and the environment in the centre of interest. The touristic development should aim to both increase the level of the offered services? quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740421
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Development Gaps in the Sud Muntenia Region of Romania
Iordan, Marioara; Albu, Lucian-Liviu; Ghizdeanu, Ion; … - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Development gaps are a common feature throughout the regions of the European Union, and Romania is no exception. Despite all the political and financial efforts, the convergence process is lengthy and complex, and the gaps with the deepest economic and social roots are the most difficult to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740477
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Intra-regional Disparity and Municipal Merger: Case Study in Fukuoka Prefecture
Sakamoto, Hiroshi - European Regional Science Association - 2013
This study examines intra-regional disparity and municipal merger in Fukuoka Prefecture. Fukuoka Prefecture (Fukuoka-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyushu Island. It faces the sea on three sides, bordering on Saga, Oita, and Kumamoto prefectures and facing Yamaguchi Prefecture across...
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