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Commuting, externalities, and the geographical sizes of metropolitan areas
Bode, Eckhardt (contributor) - 2006
various forms of agglomeration economies originating from metropolitan centers. Adopting an urban economics perspective, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003360597
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Openness, intermediate imports and growth
Kopp, Andreas - 2000
We consider two channels via which foreign inputs into industrial production may lead to productivity effects. The first one concerns dynamic externalities between firms which share technical and organizational knowledge which is vital for the productivity growth of a particular industry. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472478
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Governmental activity, integration, and agglomeration
Ott, Ingrid (contributor); Soretz, Susanne (contributor) - 2008
integration, agglomeration is less likely to arise and concentration will be lower. Relative congestion reinforces agglomeration … whether agglomeration arises and if so to which extent economic activity is concentrated: As a consequence of enhanced …, thereby increasing equilibrium concentration. Due to the congestion externalities, the market outcome ends up in suboptimally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778345
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Place-based policies and agglomeration economies : firm-level evidence from special economic zones in India
Görg, Holger; Mulyukova, Alina - 2022
This paper exploits time and geographic variation in the adoption of Special Economic Zones in India to assess the direct and spillover effects of the program. We combine geocoded firm-level data and geocoded SEZs using a concentric ring approach, thus creating a novel dataset of firms with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012876131
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The impact of structural reforms on wages and employment : the case of formal versus informal workers in Bolivia
Spatz, Julius (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001806423
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Trade and the spatial distribution of transport infrastructure
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Tarasov, Alexander - 2021
The distribution of transport infrastructure across space is the outcome of deliberate government planning that reflects a desire to unlock the welfare gains from regional economic integration. Yet, despite being one of the oldest government activities, the economic forces shaping the endogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507897
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Macroeconomic constraints on economic development and poverty reduction : the case of Bolivia
Schweickert, Rainer - 2001
Bolivia's macroeconomic performance in the period 1994 to 1998 is analyzed and compared with the performance in former periods and the performance of other developing countries (grouped according to income, region, and debt status). This allows to assess what has been achieved in Bolivia since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490648
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Emerging multinationals, international knowledge flows and economic geography : a research agenda
Dohse, Dirk; Hassink, Robert; Klaerding, Claudia - 2012
One of the most significant changes in the global economy today is the strong increase in outgoing foreign direct investment (OFDI) from emerging economies to industrialised countries. Whereas investment in less developed countries is often motivated by the sourcing of natural resources and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009552305
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Distance and international banking
Buch, Claudia M. - 2001
If the technological revolution which has taken place over the past decades has lowered information costs and if information costs increase in distance, distance should - ceteris paribus - become less important in determining international bank lending. We are using a dataset on assets and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474062
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Determinants of technology transfer through CDM : the case of China
Weitzel, Matthias; Liu, Wan-hsin; Vaona, Andrea - 2013
agglomeration effects are more pronounced on the province level rather than larger regions. We also find a positive effect of FDI on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226864