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Abreu, Maria; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - 2004

This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …

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Misspecification in Linear Spatial Regression Models

Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2003

Spatial effects are endemic in models based on spatially referenced data. The increased awareness of the relevance of spatial interactions, spatial externalities and networking effects among actors, evoked the area of spatial econometrics. Spatial econometrics focuses on the specification and...

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The Impact of Regional Absorptive Capacity on Spatial Knowledge Spillovers

Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - 2008

We design a conceptual framework for linking two approaches: the literature on absorptive capacity and the literature on spatial knowledge spillovers. Regions produce new knowledge, but only part of it is efficiently adopted in the economy; the share of efficiently adopted technology depends on...

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Regional Population-Employment Dynamics across Different Sectors of the Economy

de Graaff, Thomas; van Oort, Frank G.; Florax, Raymond … - 2011

An important subset of the literature on agglomeration externalities hypothesizes thatintrasectoral and intersectoral relations are endogenously determined in models of localand regional economic growth. Remarkably, structural adjustment models describing thespatio-temporal dynamics of...

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On the relationship between economic integration, business environment and real convergence : the experience of the CEE countries

Głodowska, Agnieszka - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 2/54, pp. 1-19

The aim of the article is to verify the convergence process of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (CEE10) countries … economic integration and convergence as well as business environment and growth. The study methods applied in in the article …10 and EU15 countries were developing in accordance with the convergence hypothesis. The impact of economic integration …

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Regional economic convergence in Turkey : does the government really matter for?

Gömleksiz, Mustafa; Şahbaz, Ahmet; Mercan, Birol - In: Economies : open access journal 5 (2017) 3, pp. 1-16

Solow (1956) has made an essential contribution to the Neo-classical growth approach through the economic convergence …. Convergence could occur either among a group of economies with the same steady states or within regions in which their fundamental … dynamics differ, and thus they exhibit multiple steady states. This study aims to investigate convergence with respect to GDP …

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Spatial Patterns of Technology Diffusion: An Empirical Analysis using TFP

Abreu, Maria; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - 2004

In this paper we employ techniques developed in spatial econometrics to analyse spatial patterns of technology diffusion, to detect clusters and to estimate theoretical models that incorporate space explicitly. These techniques correct for misspecifications resulting from the omission of spatial...

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Regional Clusters of Innovative Activity in Europe: Are Social Capital and Geographical Proximity the Key Determinants?

de Dominicis, Laura; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; de Groot, … - 2011

Finding proper policy instruments to promote productivity growth features prominently on the Lisbon agenda and is central in many national as well as European policy debates. In view of the increased mobility of high-skilled workers in Europe, ongoing globalization and increased interregional...

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Which economic sectors influence average household income? : a spatial econometric study of Thailand’s 76 provinces

Viriya Taecharungroj - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 2, pp. 1-25

This study investigates the impact of various economic sectors on household income in Thailand. It is conducted in light of the substantial "digital wallet" scheme initiated by the Thai government, with the goal of providing empirical evidence and suggesting alternative policies for regional...

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Convergence and heterogeneity in euro based economies : stability and dynamics

Haynes, Philip; Haynes, Jonathan - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 3, pp. 1-16

is convergence of the cluster patterns over time. A number of different clusters appear and these change over time as the … labour productivity. The paper concludes that in the last decade the convergence of countries sharing the euro has been … divergences from pre-existing integration. Country convergence needs to be understood as a dynamic and multivariate concept. This …

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