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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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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 …

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Productivity effects of an exogenous improvement in transport infrastructure: accessibility and the Great Belt Bridge

De Borger, Bruno L.; Mulalic, Ismir; Rouwendal, Jan - 2019

Most studies of the effects of transport infrastructure on the performance of individual firms have focused on marginal expansions of the rail or highway network over time. In this paper, we study the short-run effects of a large discrete shock in the quality of transport infrastructure, viz....

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Welfare Benefits of Agglomeration and Worker Heterogeneity

Teulings, Coen; Ossokina, Ioulia; de Groot, Henri L.F. - 2014

The direct impact of local public goods on welfare is relatively easy to measure from land rents. However, the indirect effects on home and job location, on land use, and on agglomeration benefits are hard to pin down. We develop a spatial general equilibrium model for the valuation of these...

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Impeded Industrial Restructuring: The Growth Penalty

Audretsch, D.B.; Carree, M.A.; van Stel, A.J.; Thurik, A.R. - 2000

This paper documents that a process of industrial restructuring has been transforming the developed economies, where large corporations are accounting for less economic activity and small firms are accounting for a greatershare of economic activity. Not all countries, however, are experiencing...

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Growth Effects of Fiscal Policies - A Comparative Analysis in a Multi-Country Context

Brons, Martijn; de Groot, Henri L.F.M.; Nijkamp, Peter - 1999

The potential interactions among fiscal policies, investments and economicgrowth are complex and manifold.In this paper, we will perform a systematic comparative analysis of the variouseconomic insights that arecurrently available on these complex relationships, both theoretically (by aselective...

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Fertile Soil for Structural Funds?

Ederveen, Sjef; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Nahuis, Richard - 2002

Structural funds are the most intensively used policy instrument by the EuropeanUnion to promote economic growth in its member states and to speed up the process ofconvergence. This paper empirically explores the effectiveness of European Structural Fundsby means of a panel data analysis for 13...

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The Empirical Economic Growth Literature

Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Heijungs, … - 2002

The empirical economic growth literature is criticized for its lack ofrobustness. For different definitions of robustness, conclusions vary from 'almost everycorrelation is fragile' to 'a substantial number of explanatory variables are robust.' Were-analyze the empirical results of the economic...

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Economic Growth and the Volatility of Foreign Aid

Chervin, Michal; van Wijnbergen, Sweder - 2010

Foreign aid’s effectiveness in promoting economic growth remains mired in controversy.We examine the impact of the volatility of aid on economic growth, controlling for the level of aid. A four-year panel analysis is conducted encompassing 155 countries over the period 1966-2001. We find that...

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Knowledge Spillovers and Economic Growth

van Stel, André; Nieuwenhuijsen, Henry - 2002

The importance of knowledge spillovers for achieving innovation and economic growth is widely recognized. It is not straightforward which type of spillovers is most effective: intra-sectoral spillovers or inter-sectoral spillovers. We investigate this controversy using a model of regional...

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