In contemporary literature on changing urban systems, it is often argued that the traditional central place conceptualisation is outdated and should be replaced by a network view that emphasises the increasing criss-crossing pattern of interdependencies between spatial units. This paper tests...

Im Spannungsfeld zwischen einer lebhaften Expansion in der Industrie und einem deutlich schrumpfenden Baugewerbe wird das Wirtschaftswachstum in Sachsen auch 2001 nur bei 1,5% liegen. Die Zahl der Erwerbstaetigen wird deshalb im Jahresdurchschnitt 2001 insgesamt nochmals um bis zu 1%...

We study the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers. A randomly selected half of our sample villages (markets) received report cards. This increased test scores by 0.11...

This study examines the nature of interdependence, and return and volatility spillovers, for three Indian exchange rates: US dollar (USD), Euro and British Pound. We use the spillover index methodology of Diebold and Yilmaz (2009) to analyse precisely and independently the returns and volatility...