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A contingent valuation approach to Community-based Watershed Management in Beyşehir Lake Basin

Yavuz, Fadim; Baycan Levent, Tüzin - 2010 - Draft version

actively participate in controlling non-point source pollution through integrative watershed management is important. Beyşehir … inappropriate water policy and non-point source pollution in the lake have become striking environmental issues at the basin. This … paper aims to explore the knowledge and perceptions of the local people about non-point source pollution and community …

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A Bayesian space-time approach to identifying and interpreting regional convergence clubs in Europe

Fischer, Manfred M.; Lesage, James P. - 2013

This study suggests a two-step approach to identifying and interpreting regional convergence clubs in Europe. The first step calculates Bayesian probabilities for various assignments of regions to two clubs using a general stochastic space-time dynamic panel relationship between growth rates and...

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Technology, learning, and long run economic growth in leading and lagging regions

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014

We use a dynamic model to study the effects of technology and learning on the long run economic growth rates of a leading and a lagging region. New technologies are developed in the leading region but technological improvements in the lagging region are the result of learning from the leading...

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Innovation, decentralization, and planning in a multi-region model of Schumpeterian economic growth

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014

We study innovation and the resulting Schumpeterian economic growth that this innovation gives rise to in a model with N heterogeneous regions. For each region i where i=1,...,N, our analysis leads to five findings. First, we define the balanced growth path (BGP) allocations and the equilibrium...

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A preference allocation-DFM model in Data Envelopment Analysis : an application to Energy-Environment-Economic efficiency in Japan-

Suzuki, Soushi; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 2012

Japan is faced with a gFukushima f problem, meaning a nuclear accident leading to electrical power shortage. This problem relates to a non-balanced gEnergy-Environment-Economic h policy which does not, but should incorporate gelectrical power saving h, glow carbon emission h, and geconomic...

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Homeownership, unemployment and commuting distances

Kantor, Yuval; Nijkamp, Peter; Rouwendal, Jan - 2010 - Preliminary and incomplete

According to Oswald's hypothesis homeowners experience more problems in finding a new job after becoming unemployed because their moving costs are higher than those of renters. Empirical research has revealed that this effect is counteracted by the job search behavior of unemployed homeowners:...

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A stepwise efficiency improvement DEA model for airport operations with fixed production factors

Suzuki, Soushi; Nijkamp, Peter - 2011

In the spirit of the deregulation movement, Japan is also faced with an gAsia Open Sky h agreement which favours aviation liberalization in international services. This means an end to Japan's aviation policy of isolation. In association with this policy change, also environmental concerns grew...

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Creative capital in production, inefficiency, and inequality : a theoretical analysis

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2016

We analyze inefficiency and inequality associated with the use of creative capital to produce a final good in a regional economy. Specifically, we first study a case in which the individual creative capital units are perfect substitutes in the production of the final good. We show that the...

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The dark side of social capital : a contextual perspective

Baycan Levent, Tüzin; Öner, Özge - In: The annals of regional science : an international … 70 (2023) 3, pp. 779-798

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Barriers to cross-region research and development collaborations in Europe : evidence from the Fifth European Framework Programme

Fichet de Clairfontaine, Aurélien; Fischer, Manfred M.; … - 2015

The focus of this paper is on cross-region R&D collaboration funded by the 5th EU Framework Programme (FP5). The objective is to measure distance, institutional, language and technological barrier effects that may hamper collaborative activities between European regions. Particular emphasis is...

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