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Unraveling the nexus between road transport infrastructures and economic growth : empirical insights from Nepal's case
Sharma, Keshab Kumar; Bhandary, Netra Prakash; Subedi, … - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 8, pp. 1-21
Sustained efforts and investments in different sectors are essential for the overall development of a region. Various studies around the globe underscore the importance of investment in road transport infrastructure in many developing countries to achieve their development targets. The...
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Economic downturns, urban growth and suburban fertility in a Mediterranean context
Nickayin, Samaneh Sadat; Chelli, Francesco; Turco, Rosario - In: Economies : open access journal 10 (2022) 10, pp. 1-26
Despite the wealth of micro-macro data on short-term demographic dynamics, the impact of metropolitan growth and economic downturns on local fertility is still under-investigated in advanced economies. Recent studies in low-fertility contexts have assumed suburban birth rates as being...
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Revisiting the spatial cycle : intra-regional development patterns and future population dynamics in metropolitan Athens, Greece
Rontos, Kostas; Antonoglou, Dimitrios; Salvati, Luca; … - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 8, pp. 1-14
Being intertwined with economic development, urbanization determines the present and future development path of regions and countries. The intimate relationship between urban expansion and economic development is of particular interest in the case of large regions with complex (and mostly...
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Falling behind, forging ahead and falling behind again : Thailand from 1870 to 2014
Booth, Anne - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-17
The paper argues that Thailand's economic and social development from the late 19th century to the early 21st century … scholars, but Thailand's growth was also slow in comparison with several neighbouring countries under colonial control. Only in …
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The effect of rainfall on economic growth in Thailand : a blessing for poor provinces
Sangkhaphan, Siriklao; Shu, Yang - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 1/1, pp. 1-17
dependent on rainfed agriculture. Thailand is a service-based, upper middle-income country with a tropical climate although … and the Gulf of Thailand to the east. The present study explored the effect of rainfall on the growth of the gross … Thailand. …
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Export-output growth nexus using threshold VAR and VEC models : empirical evidence from Thailand
Arisara Romyen; Liu, Jianxu; Songsak Sriboonchitta - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 2/60, pp. 1-16
This paper explores the relationship between export, import, and output for Thailand over the period from 1990 to 2017 …
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The potential analytical impact of significant sectoral creative economy on Thailand’s economy : a case study of the IRS-CGE model vs. the CRS-CGE model for both the national and p...
Chukiat Chaiboonsri - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 2, pp. 1-20
determine whether the creative economy will be the major engine to accelerate Thailand's economic development in the coming … the major creative economy sectors contribute to Thailand's economy between 2019-2025, and the CGE model. The study … tourism, which need to be given more stimulus. Furthermore, the economies of Chiang Mai, and Thailand as a whole, would …
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Revisiting "southern" sprawl : urban growth, socio-spatial structure and the influence of local economic contexts
Tombolini, Ilaria; Zambon, Ilaria; Ippolito, Achille Maria - In: Economies : open access journal 3 (2015) 4, pp. 237-259
Given its unpredictable nature, urban sprawl in the Mediterranean region is considered an intriguing (and intricate) socioeconomic issue. Since the 1970s, urban dispersion advanced rapidly in southern Europe-irrespective of a city's size and morphology-with urbanization rates growing faster than...
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Granular cities
Esquierro, Leon; Silva, Sergio da - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 7, pp. 1-34
This study extends the concept of granularity from firms to cities, examining how large cities influence national economic dynamics beyond their relative size. By applying Zipf's law, which describes the power law distribution of city sizes, we investigate the interplay between granularity and...
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Navigating Kazakhstan's sustainable economic future : a study of tech innovation, infrastructure, and resource management
Rakhymzhan, Gani; Dabyltayeva, Nazym Esbergenovna; … - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 5, pp. 1-19
In a quest to illuminate Kazakhstan's economic horizon within a sustainable context, this study delved into the complex interplay of sustainable tech innovation, investment in sustainable infrastructure, and natural resource management. The study assesses the potential for green economy...
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