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SPILLOVER DIFFUSION AND REGIONAL CONVERGENCE: A GRAVITY APPROACH
Giovanni, Guastella; Francesco, Timpano - In: Regional Science Inquiry 2 (2010) 2, pp. 71-82
convergence is still open. Much, of course, depends on the spatial extension of spillovers. The aim of this work is to study the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010658724
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SPILLOVER DIFFUSION AND REGIONAL CONVERGENCE: A GRAVITY APPROACH
Giovanni, Guastella; Francesco, Timpano - In: Regional Science Inquiry II (2010) 2, pp. 71-82
convergence is still open. Much, of course, depends on the spatial extension of spillovers. The aim of this work is to study the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659281
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THE ROLE OF INNOVATION IN COMPETITIVENESS AND CONVERGENCE PROCESS: A BENCHMARKING STUDY FOR EUROPEAN REGIONS
Korres, George M.; Kokkinou, Aikaterini - In: Regional Science Inquiry 3 (2011) 2, pp. 123-133
enhancement and convergence of growth and productivity are a major topic in the economic and social policy agenda of E.U. members … deficits and public debt, but also to national disparities and convergence attainment. This paper aims to review the main … topics related to innovation activities, as well as competitiveness and economic convergence attainment. It also attempts to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010658753
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THE ROLE OF INNOVATION IN COMPETITIVENESS AND CONVERGENCE PROCESS: A BENCHMARKING STUDY FOR EUROPEAN REGIONS
Korres, George M.; Kokkinou, Aikaterini - In: Regional Science Inquiry III (2011) 2, pp. 123-133
enhancement and convergence of growth and productivity are a major topic in the economic and social policy agenda of E.U. members … deficits and public debt, but also to national disparities and convergence attainment. This paper aims to review the main … topics related to innovation activities, as well as competitiveness and economic convergence attainment. It also attempts to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659288
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ESTIMATING BRAZILIAN FDI MOTIVATIONS IN PORTUGAL BY STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS MODEL (SEM)
CECHELLA, Cristiano - In: Regional Science Inquiry V (2013) 2, pp. 87-98
Portugal is a strategic regional location for multinational companies (MNEs) from various countries. This article, through a model based on structural equations (Structural Equations Model), will address the motivations of Brazilian companies to invest in this country compared with firms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722710
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Neoclassical Growth and Commodity Trade
Cunat, Alejandro; Maffezzoli, Marco - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 7 (2004) 3, pp. 707-736
We construct a dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin model in which the initial distribution of production factors across economies makes factor price equalization impossible. The model produces dynamics similar to those of the neoclassical growth model. However, free trade prevents identically parameterized...
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Trade, Growth, and Convergence in a Dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin Model
Bajona, Claustre; Kehoe, Timothy - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 13 (2010) 3, pp. 487-513
In models in which convergence in income levels across closed countries is driven by faster accumulation of a … productive factor in the poorer countries, opening these countries to trade can stop convergence and even cause divergence. We …. Divergence can occur for parameter values that would imply convergence in a world of closed economies and vice versa. Second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504403
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Labor Market Institutions, International Capital Mobility, and the Persistence of Underdevelopment
Bertocchi, Graziella - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 6 (2003) 3, pp. 637-650
countries involved. We contrast bargaining and perfect competition. Under perfect capital markets, convergence of capital and … convergence of the income shares, with unionized countries showing a lower wage rate and consequent capital inflows. Therefore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090984
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REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CONVERGENCE, 1950-2007: Some Empirical Evidence
Karras, Georgios - In: Regional Science Inquiry 2 (2010) 1, pp. 11-24
This paper investigates and compares the experience of several geographic regions with economic growth and convergence … of conditional convergence at an estimated average annual rate that has ranged from 0.8% in Europe to 1.7% in Asia. It is … also shown that the speed of convergence is far from constant over time: it has been steadily falling in the OECD and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010658721
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REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CONVERGENCE, 1950-2007: Some Empirical Evidence
Karras, Georgios - In: Regional Science Inquiry II (2010) 1, pp. 11-24
This paper investigates and compares the experience of several geographic regions with economic growth and convergence … of conditional convergence at an estimated average annual rate that has ranged from 0.8% in Europe to 1.7% in Asia. It is … also shown that the speed of convergence is far from constant over time: it has been steadily falling in the OECD and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895159