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Drivers of Agglomeration: geography VS. History
Goerlich, Francisco José; Mas, Matilde - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
characteristics: the initial size of the municipalities, and their status as the administrative centre of the area. In first instance … but at a smaller rate. Our reference is the census population data for Spanish municipalities for the period 1900 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005020489
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A different look at aglomeration effects in Spain
Martin-Barroso, David; Serrano, Nuñez; Andres, Juan; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper explores the relationship between productivity and labour density at the municipality level for the Spanish economy and year 2001. Previous results on the mentioned relationship are confirrmed. Whilst agglomeration e¤ects at NUTs-3 level were important along the 1960s and 1970s, they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322668
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La dinámica y estructura espacial del sector servicios en el estado de Colima, 1980-2003
Mayrén, Polanco Gaytán; Hugo, Víctor; Preciado, Torres - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
structural economic transformation in the state of Colima (Mexico) and among its municipalities between 1980 and 2003. To this …. Main results suggest that some municipalities may be experiencing a tertiary revolution based on a growing professional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529225
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Sobre el tamaño de las ciudades en España. Dos reflexiones y una regularidad empírica
Goerlich, Francisco José; Mas, Matilde - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper proposes two considerations prior to the study of city size and emphasizes their importance in the testing of one of the empirical regularities most widely used by the literature, Zipf’s law. The first one refers to the importance of using a consistent database for analysis. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005055492
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Los motores de la aglomeración en España: geografía versus historia
Goerlich, Francisco José; Mas, Matilde - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
characteristics: the initial size of the municipalities, and the condition of being the administrative centre of the area. Our … reference is census population data for Spanish municipalities for period 1900-2001. The eleven censuses have been homogenised …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005055495
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Empirical Evidence of Population Concentration in Spain, 1900-2001
Goerlich, Francisco José; Mas, Matilde - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This short paper examines the evolution of the population density in Spain during the 20th century. Using a homogeneous database of the population at a municipal level – elaborated from the eleven censuses carried out between 1900 and 2001– the paper looks at the general characteristics of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005055521
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Pautas de localización de la población a lo largo del siglo XX
Goerlich, Francisco José; Mas, Matilde - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper looks at localization patterns in municipal population in Spain along the XX century. Using a homogeneous data base of population at the municipal level -constructed from the eleven censuses in 1900 and up to 2001- the paper describes the general patterns of population concentration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005035010
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Colonial Institutions, Slavery, Inequality, and Development: Evidence from São Paulo, Brazil
Summerhill, William - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Brazil is frequently portrayed as exhibiting persistent and structural economic inequality that is rooted in the early colonial experience, and is believed to undermine development in the long run. I construct original measures of agricultural inequality for 1905 in what is today Brazil’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622262
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A Longitudinal Parametric Approach to Estimate Local Government Efficiency
Pacheco, Francisca; Sanchez, Rafael; Villena, Mauricio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
by clusters of municipalities in order to reduce heterogeneity. We use administrative datasets of Chilean municipalities … for the 2008-2010 period and our results suggest that Chilean municipalities have on average an inefficiency level of 30 …% with a significant variance between clusters of municipalities. Also, our results suggest that socio-economic, fiscal and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107534
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Are Elections Debt Brakes? Evidence from French Municipalities
Caseette, Aurélie; Farvaque, Etienne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We show that voters are fiscal conservatives, although in the long run only: while the average (over the mandate) level of debt has a negative impact on the probability of reelection, pre-election debt accumulation by incumbents increases their probability of reelection. As the negative impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108703