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What can the EMU's peripheral countries learn from regional growth?
Aiginger, Karl; Firgo, Matthias; Huber, Peter - 2013
The experiences of 259 regions in 21 European countries with within country GDP per capita and labour productivity growth suggest that variables associated with pro-active, growth oriented strategies are consistently more important predictors of successful regional development than variables...
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Implementing the golden rule for public investment in Europe: Safeguarding public investment and supporting the recovery
Truger, Achim - 2015
Most parts of the Euro area have seen seven years of deep economic crisis. The strategy of tightening the fiscal constraints of the SGP has driven many member states into austerity. In contrast, the golden rule of public investment proposed in this study would be one important element of the...
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A new strategy for the European periphery
Aiginger, Karl - 2013
The southern European periphery suffered a severe setback in its catching-up process versus Western Europe after the financial crisis with GDP dropping by 10% between 2008 and 2012 and unemployment increasing to 20% for Greece, Portugal and Spain. We analyze first the reason for this setback,...
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Unconditional convergence in currency unions: An analysis of European regions from 1991 to 2009
Firgo, Matthias; Huber, Peter - 2013
We analyze unconditional within-country convergence from 1991 to 2009 in 21 European countries. Unlike most previous … studies we focus on the heterogeneity of convergence. We find that convergence processes in currency unions are extremely … question the focus of the traditional literature on average (beta-)convergence and suggest substantial non-linearities in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410845
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Regional competitiveness under new perspectives
Aiginger, Karl; Firgo, Matthias - 2015
The term "competitiveness" has been used in conceptually distinct ways at the firm, regional and national levels. After primarily reviewing existing concepts at the national level, we introduce a new definition of regional competitiveness adapting definitions used in the academic literature....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410867
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Introduction
Basco, Rodrigo; Stough, Roger; Suwala, Lech - In: Family Business and Regional Development, (pp. 1-4). 2021
Family business participation in economic activities has been a common phenomenon since pre-industrial societies, and its importance has evolved throughout time and across spatial contexts. These factors have often been neglected in family business and regional studies. Taking this research gap...
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Spatial familiness and family spatialities—searching for fertile ground between family business and regional studies
Basco, Rodrigo; Suwala, Lech - In: Family Business and Regional Development, (pp. 7-32). 2021
This chapter searches for common fertile ground between the disciplines of family business studies and regional studies. Most existing studies linking both disciplines are fragmented and dispersed, thereby obstructing a systematic assessment of the cross fertilisation of knowledge. Based on...
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Family firms and corporate spatial responsibilities in Germany: Implication for urban and regional planning and management
Albers, Hans-Hermann; Suwala, Lech - In: Family Business and Regional Development, (pp. 237-255). 2021
By connecting the two evolving discourses on family firms in spatial contexts and corporate spatial responsibilities, this chapter introduces a unique perspective on family firm-driven urban and regional engagement. This chapter summarizes selected existing case studies of family firm-driven...
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Regional Competitiveness Under New Perspectives
Aiginger, Karl - 2015
The term "competitiveness" has been used in conceptually distinct ways at the firm, regional and national levels. After primarily reviewing existing concepts at the national level, we introduce a new definition of regional competitiveness adapting definitions used in the academic literature....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012744
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Remapping EMU: On the future construction of economic and monetary union
Ederer, Stefan; Weingärtner, Stefan - 2013
The economic crisis has laid open deficiencies in the construction of the European Economic and Monetary Union. At its foundation, it was assumed that monetary integration would reduce the likelihood of asymmetric shocks. The crisis shows, however, that endogenous mechanisms may even amplify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410846