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Space and Growth
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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The Impact of Local Decentralization on Economic Growth : Evidence from U.S. Counties
Hammond, George W. - 2009
We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153508
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325035
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325801
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326283
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A Meta-Analysis of Beta-Convergence: The Legendary Two-Percent
Abreu, Maria; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - 2005
The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of … convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross …-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of convergence of about 2% has been found under a variety of different conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325489
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Verzehrt Deutschland seinen staatlichen Kapitalstock?
Grömling, Michael; Hüther, Michael; Jung, Markos - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 99 (2019) 1, pp. 25-31
Eine moderne öffentliche Infrastruktur ist die Grundlage einer leistungsfähigen Volkswirtschaft. Immer wieder ist in diesem Kontext von einer öffentlichen Investitionsschwäche die Rede. Mitunter wird angesichts negativer Nettoinvestitionen oder eines stagnierenden öffentlichen...
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Finanzierung von Zukunftsinvestitionen: Pragmatische Lösungen sind gefragt
Schnitzer, Monika; Truger, Achim - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 102 (2022) 1, pp. 11-14
Since the new German federal government has imposed tight fiscal policy restrictions on itself, a pragmatic approach is needed to finance the spending requirements of the transformation. The financing instruments mentioned in the coalition agreement appears to be suitable in principle for...
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Eine Investitionsagenda für Deutschland
Barišić, Manuela; Krebs, Tom; Scheffel, Martin - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 98 (2018) 3, pp. 179-185
Der Koalitionsvertrag von Union und SPD enthält erste Schritte in Richtung einer Ausweitung der öffentlichen Investitionen in Bildung und Betreuung, Wohnungsbau und digitale Infrastruktur. Zusätzliche Investitionen in diesen drei Kernbereichen sind aus wirtschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher...
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Verzehrt Deutschland seinen staatlichen Kapitalstock? – Replik und Erwiderung
Dullien, Sebastian; Rietzler, Katja; Grömling, Michael; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 99 (2019) 4, pp. 286-294
Im Januarheft 2019 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz von Michael Grömling, Michael Hüther und Markos Jung dazu, wie der tatsächliche Umfang des öffentlichen Kapitalstocks gemessen werden sollte. Die Autoren vertreten dabei die Auffassung, dass der Fokus auf die Entwicklung...
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