Many studies have looked at the effectiveness of public schemes supporting private R&D but few have highlighted the role regions play in R&D funding. The present article assesses the R&D support package developed in the Aquitaine, France’s number one region in terms of proportion of budget...

Teşvikler, çok uzun zamandan bu yana, hem gelişmiş, hem de gelişmekte olan ülkelerin hükümetleri ve karar alıcıları tarafından belirli sanayileri desteklemek ve bölgesel kalkınmayı gerçekleştirmek için kullanılan en önemli politika araçlarından biridir. Türkiye ’de...

We use a simple theory of a system of cities to decompose the determinants of the city size distribution into three main components: efficiency, amenities, and frictions. Higher efficiency and better amenities lead to larger cities but also to greater frictions through congestion and other...

This paper analyze the role of FCM in the convergence process of the income governments with a panel data of 345 municipalities for the period between 2001 and 2011. Using quasi-experiments and dynamic equations demonstrated that the FCM doesn’t have a significant effect in the increase of the...

Este artigo estuda o papel da política fiscal local no crescimento econômico de cidades. Para este fim, o artigo apresenta um modelo espacial de crescimento econômico com governo, que incorpora as contribuições das teorias do crescimento endógeno e da nova geografia econômica. O modelo _e...

Bu çalışmada belediye harcama ve gelirlerinin iller arasında yakınsamayı nasıl etkilediği araştırılmıştır. Belediyeler büyükşehir ve normal il belediyeleri olarak iki kategoriye ayrılarak analiz edilmiştir. Sigma yakınsamayı ölçmek için değişim katsayısı...

This paper uses a pooled mean group (PMG) estimator to evaluate the effects of tax policy on state-level growth. We find that property and sales tax rates have negative effects on long-run income growth, while income tax rates have no impact.

This study examines the relationship between the fiscal intervention of the government and regional income disparity in 14 major Indian states. The impact of decentralization on the regional disparity of these states is also examined. The findings suggest that both policy measures have reduced...

Tax Burden, defined as the ratio of total tax revenues over personal income, is prominently used to summarize state tax policy. We analyze the empirical relationship between changes in Tax Burden and changes in state tax policy from 1987 to 2000 – as measured by states’ own forecasts of the...