Rationale Economic convergence measured by income per capita refers to the process whereby lower income regions post … this phenomenon and investigate its possible causes. Takeaways •Economic convergence between the Spanish regions was …, largely driven by capital accumulation, was the main determinant of the convergence process between 1980 and 2008. It is also …

Spending by states and local school districts on school construction has increased dramatically over the last decade … unprecedented degree. Many states struggle to afford the new schools needed in local communities. The emerging body of academic …, states with all three regulations have construction costs that are roughly 30% higher than states with none of the three …

practices of the states. Chapter 3 investigates the determinants of the configuration of one of the latest of such institutions … senate and the fractionalization of the lower house) have had a significant impact on the way states have chosen to configure … properly explained if we ignore the set of other institutions that exist in the states. We find that balanced budget …

establishes relevant propositions keeping the family life cycle stages as a reference for the incidence of chronic consumer states … and their influence on compulsive consumption. Keywords—Chronic consumer states, complusive consumption, family life cycle …

ultimate target.In this thesis factors affecting the adoption of an RPS by U.S. states are investigated.Through statistical …

, paying attention to operational issues and discrepancies among regions and products that occurred when implementing those …, highlighting unequal distribution of these programs among productsand regions. COVPA is concentrated in corn crops, PEP favored … cotton and AGF isbiased to rice and beans. Moreover, Center-Western states are favored in using theseprograms and Northern …

This master’s paper analysis the unemployment rate and its differentiation in regions. The comparison is made with … other Baltic states in order to establish the main differences between the magnitude of index and its regional variation …. Regions, using cluster analysis, were grouped according to four main economic indicators in three years. It was compared how …