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Productivity growth in the old and new Europe : the role of agglomeration externalities

Marrocu, Emanuela; Paci, Raffaele; Usai, Stefano - 2011

The recent history of Europe is characterized by a dual picture showing the Old and New countries in sharp contrast with respect to their industrial specialisation and economic performance. We aim at analyzing the intertwined performance of regions and industries in New and Old European...

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Education or creativity : what matters most for economic performance?

Marrocu, Emanuela; Paci, Raffaele - 2011

regions of EU27. Our main results indicate that the highly educated creative group is the most relevant one in explaining …

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The knowledge regions in the enlarged Europe

Colombelli, Alessandra; Foddi, Marta; Paci, Raffaele - 2011

Since the Lisbon agenda in 2000, Europe stated the goal to become the most advanced knowledge economy in the world relying specifically on the increase and strengthen of its human capital and technological endowments. However, given the presence of localized externalities in the knowledge...

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They arrive with new information : Tourism flows and production efficiency in the European regions

Marrocu, Emanuela; Paci, Raffaele - 2010

apply the analysis to a sample of 199 European regions belonging to the EU15 member countries, plus Switzerland and Norway …

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"Lootboxes" in digital games : a gamble with consumers in need of regulation? : an evaluation based on learnings from Japan

Koeder, Marco Josef; Tanaka, Ema; Mitomo, Hitoshi - 2018

This paper looks at the recent discussion on "Lootboxes" by regulators in several countries referring to the case of Japan in the light of business model revolutions. A game-of-chance mechanic which can be found in more and more in digital games to acquire virtual items and to help monetize...

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Tourism and regional growth in Europe

Paci, Raffaele; Marrocu, Emanuela - 2013

The paper aims at analysing the impact of domestic and international tourism on the economic growth process for 179 regions in ten European countries, which are highly representative of total tourism flows. The econometric analysis is carried out for the period 1999-2009 and it is based on a...

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Role of the regional economic communities (RECs) in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the Asia-Pacific

Ngo Thi Thanh Loan; Mitomo, Hitoshi - 2017

In this article, we review Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) policymaking and regulation of the regional economic communities (RECs) in conjunction with their regional regulators' associations (RRAs) in the region of Asia-Pacific. Undoubtedly, this regulatory structure has been...

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Regional telecommunications policy and ASEAN's response to convergence and Over-the-top (OTT) services : 28th European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunications S...

Jirakasem, Monarat; Mitomo, Hitoshi - 2017

This study focuses on the regulations and policy launched by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) responding to the emerging media convergence and Over-the-top (OTT) services. These issues have become more of a concern due to their huge impact on the digital economy. Regarding the...

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The role of financialisation in the geography of European structural change

Chiaruttini, Maria Stella - 2012

For several decades advanced economies have been undergoing a profound structural change. Its main characteristic appears to be the progressive decline of industry as the driving force of economy. The propulsory role once played by the manufacturing industry seems to have been replaced by the...

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EU, Russia and the reshaping of the post-Soviet space : an international trade analysis : paper to be presented at the 54th European Congress of the European Regional Science Assoc...

Chiaruttini, Maria Stella - 2014

present, however, notwithstanding recent enlargements, the intra-EU trade share on total EU exchanges is declining while the … between EU and Russia is rather intricate due to the overlapping of several scenarios. On the one hand there are the growing … interconnections between EU and Russia which have led to envisage the creation of a Common Economic Space or even of a free trade zone …

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