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Is Regional Innovative Activity Path-dependent? An Empirical Analysis for Germany
Bode, Eckhardt - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
Based on a standard idea-based model of endogenous growth we test the hypothesis that regional innovative activity is path-dependent, and investigate the geographical scope of knowledge spillovers. Using data for West-German regions, two alternative indicators of the stock of knowledge are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076108
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Markov or Not Markov, This Should Be a Question
Bickenbach, Frank; Bode, Eckhardt - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
Although it is well known that Markov process theory, frequently applied in the literature on income convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755218
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Spatial Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in US States
Bode, Eckhardt; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Waldkirch, Andreas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
Abstract: This paper estimates the aggregate productivity effects of Marshallian externalities generated by foreign direct investments (FDI) in the US. In contrast to earlier work, this paper puts special emphasis on controlling for Marshallian externalities and other intra- and inter-regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034304
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Strategisches Nachverhandeln zur Lösung von Anreizproblemen in unvollständigen Verträgen am Beispiel der Wohnungsprivatisierung nach dem Altschuldenhilfegesetz
Sander, Birgit - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
Governments may draft contracts with market agents for allocating subsidies and pursuing specific policy goals. Contract enforcement via binding commitments is difficult, however, when exogenous (environmental) and endogenous (behavioural) risks interact. Analyzing the old debt compromise in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009249782
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Trans-European-networks and the development of transport in the eastern Baltic Sea region
Laaser, Claus-Friedrich - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
The European Unions's task of providing Trans-European Networks (TENs) in transportation, communications and energy transmission which has been enacted by the treaty of Maastricht, is not confined to internal networks in the EU. Since 1994 this task has been widened so as to give support to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276147
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Zur Frage einer Infrastrukturlücke Ostdeutschlands gegenüber Westdeutschland
Sichelschmidt, Henning - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003
The paper analyses the infrastructure provision in East Germany mainly by an examination of existing literature. At the time of German unification 1990, infrastructure in East Germany was in a very bad condition. After more than ten years of rebuilding, most of the remaining need for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755143
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The Dynamic Effects of Public Capital: VAR Evidence for 22 OECD Countries
Kamps, Christophe - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2004
The issue of whether government capital is productive has received a great deal of recent attention. Yet, empirical analyses of public capital productivity have been limited to a small sample of countries for which official capital stock estimates are available. Building on a new database that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700613
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Assessing the Advantages of EMU-Enlargement for the EU and the Accession Countries: A Comparative Indicator Approach
Schweickert, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
The paper takes into account both the concerns of the EU, arguing that convergence is incomplete, and the demands from … accession countries, claiming that monetary integration is optimal. Indicators are developed which measure convergence and … benefits from monetary integration. The more serious problem is a lack of convergence which could imply serious risks during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076110
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Creativity, Education or What? On the Measurement of Regional Human Capital
Bode, Eckhardt; Villar, Lucia Perez - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
This paper substantiates the debate following Richard Florida’s suggestion to measure regional human capital by creative occupations rather than education. Consistent with Florida’s notion of creativity, it suggests a microfoundation that relates creativity to workers’ cognitive and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905571
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Can Oil-led Growth and Structural Change Go Hand in Hand in Ghana? A Multi-sector Intertemporal General Equilibrium Assessment
Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Wiebelt, Manfred - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
Unlike in Asia, the manufacturing sector has not (yet) become a driver of structural change in Africa. One common explanation is that the natural resource-focus of many African economies leads to Dutch disease effects. To test this argument for the case of newly found oil in Ghana we develop a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886853