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We examine whether discretionary government grants influence thelocation of new plants. Grants have a small effect in attracting plants to specificgeographic areas, but their effectiveness increases with agglomeration externalities,measured by the number of other plants in that location in the...
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dem von Hans-Jürgen Ewers und Ko-autoren entworfenen Konzept der innovationsorientierten Regionalpolitik ange-stoßen wurde …. Zwar haben sich viele der dem Konzept der innovationsorientierten Regionalpolitik zugrunde liegenden Vorstellungen … innovationsorientierten Regionalpolitik vorgeschlagene Strategie der Stimulierung endogener Potentiale.... …
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This paper uses the case study example of the recent application by British Aerospace (BAe) for£25m in Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) for its Broughton facility in North Wales andsubsequent granting of £19.5 m in assorted grant aid, to illustrate some of the wider regionalpolicy issues...
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An Struktur- und Regionalpolitik sowieregionalerund kommunaler Wirtschaftsförderungwird oft kritisiert, dass sie in …
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Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are commonworldwide, but rigorous micro-econometric evaluation of their causal effects is rare. Weexploit multiple changes in the area-specific eligibility criteria for a major program to supportmanufacturing jobs...
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In the last 20 years Ireland attracted high FDI-inflows, which are to be explained. Based on wellknowntheoretical models, some host country determinants for different modes of FDI areanalysed. But the standard models for vertical and horizontal foreign direct investments can notsufficiently...
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A multinomial logit model and survey data from the 25 EU member states and the US are used to establish the effect of demographic and other variables on various entrepreneurial engagement levels. These engagement levels range from "never thought about starting a business" to "thinking about it",...
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The science/public/policy relationship is subject to deep changes. Taking these changesas a starting point, the following paper examines the changing foresight landscape in theEuropean Union, both from an institutional and from a methodological perspective. Thenecessity for a reorganisation of...
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Die Stärkung des wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Zu -sammenhalts in der Europäischen Union ist einzentrales Anliegen der deutschen Politik. Mit demBeitritt der zehn neuen Mitgliedstaaten zum 1. Mai2004 und Rumäniens und Bulgariens zum 1. Januar2007 ist jedoch das Entwicklungsgefälle...
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