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Space and growth

Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004

This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …

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Both Marshall and Jacobs were right!

Caragliu, Andrea; De Dominicisi, Laura; Groot, Henri L. … - In: Economic geography 92 (2016) 1, pp. 87-111

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557636

European regional convergence in a human capital augmented Solow model

Eckey, Hans-Friedrich (contributor); … - 2006

In this paper, the process of productivity convergence is investigated for the enlarged European Union using regional … control for spatial effects. All specifications confirm the presence of convergence with an annual speed between 3 and 3 … in the speed of convergence across the regions, where a higher speed is striking in particular in France and the UK …

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Regional clusters of innovative activity in Europe : are social capital and geographical proximity the key determinants?

Dominicis, Laura de; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Groot, … - 2011

Finding proper policy instruments to promote productivity growth features prominently on the Lisbon agenda and is central in many national as well as European policy debates. In view of the increased mobility of high-skilled workers in Europe, ongoing globalization and increased interregional...

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Decoupling economic growth and energy use : an empirical cross-country analysis for 10 manufacturing sectors

Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2004

This paper provides an empirical analysis of decoupling economic growth and energy use and its various determinants by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity across 10 manufacturing sectors and 14 OECD countries for the period 1970-1997. We explicitly aim to trace back aggregate...

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Dynamics and determinants of energy intensity in the service sector : a cross-country analysis, 1980–2005

Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Pfeiffer, Birte - 2013

We present a detailed analysis of energy intensity developments across 23 service sectors in 18 OECD countries over the period 1980-2005. We find that the shift towards a service economy has contributed to lower overall energy intensity levels in the OECD, but this contribution would have been...

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Dynamics and determinants of energy intensity in the service sector : a cross-country analysis ; 1980 - 2005

Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Pfeiffer, Birte - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 100 (2014), pp. 1-15

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Determinants of regional productivity growth in Europe : an empirical analysis

Bulavskaya, Tatyana; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Linders, … - 2011

Discussion on the possibilities for and barriers to income convergence and catch-up growth is at the heart of the … catch-up. Both convergence and divergence of productivity across regions are possible. Results show that all considered …

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Regional measures of human capital in the European Union

Dreger, Christian (contributor); Erber, Georg (contributor); … - 2009

The accumulation of the human capital stock plays a key role to explain the macroeconomic performance across regions. However, despite the strong theoretical support for this claim, empirical evidence has been not very convincing, probably because of the low quality of the data. This paper...

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Humankapital und Wirtschaftswachstum in den Regionen der EU

Dreger, Christian; Erber, Georg - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 75 (2008) 29, pp. 402, 404-408

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