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Left-behind vs. unequal places : interpersonal inequality, economic decline, and the rise of populism in the US and Europe

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Terrero-Dávila, Javier; Lee, Neil - 2023

Economic change over the past twenty years has rendered many individuals and territories vulnerable, leading to greater interpersonal and interterritorial inequality. This rising inequality is seen as a root cause of populism. Yet, there is no comparative evidence as to whether this discontent...

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Spatial Spillovers and Innovation Activity in European Regions

Moreno, Rosina; Paci, Raffaele; Usai, Stefano - 2015

This paper explores the spatial distribution of innovative activity and the role of technological spillovers in the process of knowledge creation across 138 regions of 17 countries in Europe (the 15 members of the European Union plus Switzerland and Norway). The analysis is based on an original...

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Is Dualism Still a Source of Convergence in Europe?

Paci, Raffaele; Pigliaru, Francesco - 1998

productivity convergence observed across the European regions in the 1980s. The potential of an explanation of convergence based in … therefore on convergence) implied by the theory of the dual economy. We use the database Regio-Eu set up by CRENoS, with … of the whole process of convergence. Ignoring such components could lead to misleading interpretations of the relative …

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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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Knowledge Flows Across the European Regions

Paci, Raffaele - 2011

The recent resurgence of growth studies has clearly established that technological progress and knowledge accumulation are among the most important factors in determining the performance of regional and national economic systems. In this paper we propose new evidence on knowledge flows across...

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