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What can the EMU's peripheral countries learn from regional growth?

Aiginger, Karl; Firgo, Matthias; Huber, Peter - 2013

The experiences of 259 regions in 21 European countries with within country GDP per capita and labour productivity growth suggest that variables associated with pro-active, growth oriented strategies are consistently more important predictors of successful regional development than variables...

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Unconditional convergence in currency unions : an analysis of European regions from 1991 to 2009

Firgo, Matthias; Huber, Peter - 2013

We analyze unconditional within-country convergence from 1991 to 2009 in 21 European countries. Unlike most previous … studies we focus on the heterogeneity of convergence. We find that convergence processes in currency unions are extremely … question the focus of the traditional literature on average (beta-)convergence and suggest substantial non-linearities in …

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What Can the Emu's Peripheral Countries Learn from Regional Growth?

Huber, Peter; Firgo, Matthias; Aiginger, Karl - 2014

The experiences of 259 regions in 21 European countries with within country GDP per capita and labour productivity growth suggest that variables associated with proactive, growth oriented strategies are consistently more important predictors of successful regional development than variables...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014149369

Market Potential and Border Effects in Europe

Pfaffermayr, Michael; Huber, Peter; Wolfmayr, Yvonne - 2004

We estimate a linear approximation of the market potential function derived in geography and trade models. Using a spatial econometric estimation approach, border effects can be identified by a differential impact of neighboring regions' purchasing power, depending on whether two regions are...

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Market potential and border effects in Europe

Pfaffermayr, Michael; Huber, Peter; Wolfmayr, Yvonne - 2004

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Migration and Regional Convergence in the European Union

Huber, Peter; Tondl, Gabriele - 2012

Europe practically all have below-average GDP, migration seems to induce divergence rather than convergence. …

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Migration and regional convergence in the European Union

Huber, Peter; Tondl, Gabriele - In: Empirica : journal of european economics 39 (2012) 4, pp. 439-460

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Convergence as a heterogeneous process : what can be learnt about convergence in EMu from regional experiences?

Firgo, Matthias; Huber, Peter - In: Empirica : journal of european economics 41 (2014) 2, pp. 129-151

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Policy options for the development of peripheral regions and countries of Europe

Aiginger, Karl; Huber, Peter; Firgo, Matthias - 2012

Given the recent economic problems of southern EU countries that are rooted in lacking competitiveness, this task will summarise existing knowledge on the factors impeding on or facilitating the economic development of peripheral/low income regions in the EU, and discuss policy options to...

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The Impact of EU Accession on Regional Business Cycle Synchronisation and Sector Specialisation

Bierbaumer-Polly, Jürgen - 2015

According to difference-in-difference estimates business cycle synchronisation and similarity in sector structures between acceding and pre-existing regions reduced after Eastern Enlargement. Results for Northern enlargement are more ambiguous. In both enlargements, however, region pairs...

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