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Is regional innovative activity path-dependent? : an empirical analysis for Germany
Bode, Eckhardt - 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/10011477128
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Paying off populism : how regional policies affect voting behavior
Gold, Robert; Lehr, Jakob - 2024
This paper shows that regional policies can decrease populist support. We focus on the "development objective" (Objective-1) of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), meant to support lagging-behind regions. For causal inference, we exploit three sources of quasi-exogenous variation in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014500947
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Markov or not Markov : this should be a question
Bickenbach, Frank; Bode, Eckhardt - 2001
Although it is well known that Markov process theory, frequently applied in the literature on income convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011495597
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Creativity, education or what? : on the measurement of regional human capital
Bode, Eckhardt; Pérez-Villar, Lucia - 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/10010406921
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The cost of remoteness revisited
Franke, Richard - 2017
Redding and Sturm (2008) use the German division as a natural experiment to study the importance of market access for regional development. They show empirically that cities close to the East-West German border experienced a significant decline in population growth due to division. I argue that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594449
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Verkehrsspezifische Ausgaben und Einnahmen der Gebietskörperschaften in Deutschland : eine empirische Analyse
Laaser, Claus-Friedrich; Rosenschon, Astrid - 2001
Die Gebietskörperschaften in Deutschland sind zunehmend bestrebt, private Finanzierungsmodelle für den Bau und den Betrieb von Einrichtungen der Verkehrsinfrastruktur zu realisieren. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird versucht, mittels einer detaillierten Auswertung der Haushaltspläne des Bundes und...
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Das Projekt eines deutschen Tiefwasser-Containerhafens und seine Rolle im Standortwettbewerb
Sichelschmidt, Henning - 2001
In dem Beitrag wird untersucht, welche Gründe für die Anlage eines Tiefwasserhafens für Containerschiffe an der Deutschen Bucht sprechen. Das Hafenprojekt erscheint im Hinblick auf steigende Schiffsgrößen und zunehmenden internationalen Güteraustausch gesamtwirtschaftlich sinnvoll. Die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011491031
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Ökonomische Überlegungen zur Anerkennung von Seehafenlasten im Länderfinanzausgleich
Sichelschmidt, Henning - 2000
Mit der Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zum Länderfinanzausgleich steht auch die Berücksichtigung der Seehafenlasten der Küstenländer auf dem Prüfstand. Ökonomische Erwägungen sprechen dafür, die Belastungen dieser Länder durch Investitionen in die Hafeninfrastruktur künftig...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011495530
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Assessing the advantages of EMU-enlargement for the EU and the accession countries : a comparative indicator approach
Schweickert, Rainer - 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/10011490871
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Governmental activity, integration, and agglomeration
Ott, Ingrid (contributor); Soretz, Susanne (contributor) - 2008
This paper analyzes, within a regional growth model, the impact of productive governmental policy and integration on the spatial distribution of economic activity. Integration is understood as enhancing territorial cooperation between the regions, and it describes the extent to which one region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778345