This study examines the determinants of economic growth at sub-national level in SouthAfrica, and investigates cross-locality medium-term (five-year) growth rate differentialsbetween 354 magisterial districts. The period in question is 1998 to 2002. A dynamic paneldata regression model is used...

In this paper we proposed to analyze the dynamics of innovation in the European Union countries in order to observe its implications in clusters. Due to the multiple links between cluster members, the innovation transfer is achieved much easier, contributing to the rapid spread of innovative...

We study the impact of changing relative market access in an enlarged EU on the economies of incumbent Objective 1 regions. First, we track the impact of external opening on internal spatial configurations in a three-region economic geography model. External opening gives rise to potentially...

This paper examines the market potential for fresh organic lettuce and water melon with arecently collected data on consumers from Kumasi metropolis of Ghana. Using a doubleboundeddichotomous choice contingent valuation technique, consumer’s willingness topay is estimated with a Tobit model to...

There is little information that would make clear the situation at the cut flowers market in Czech Republic nowadays. The knowledge of quantity of the specific product at the market is the main condition for any work at the market. The determination of the market potential is one of the main...

This paper introduces the concepts of direct and indirect factor trade utility functions and uses them to derive Marshallian and Hicksian factor content functions, which express the quantities of factors of production embodied in net imports as functions of the exogenous variables facing the...

O Rio Grande do Norte tem sido apontado desde a década de 1990 em vários estudos como um dos principais produtores e exportadores brasileiros de frutas frescas, no entanto, existe uma carência de estudos capazes de responder a questionamentos como: qual o desempenho competitivo do Rio Grande...

The objective of this study was to determine the economic impact on the United States of removing tariff barriers on imports of concentrated orange juice and tomato paste from South America. The study highlighted an agglomeration model of industry location recognizing imperfect competition and...

Financial development has been argued as a potential source of comparative advantage and its relationships with trade has been theoretically developed. This theory posits that countries that are well financially developed should experience greater volumes of international trade. We empirically...

This paper analyzes the variance in accounting profitability within the European food industry. Based on a large panel data set, the variance in return on assets (ROA) is decomposed into year, country, industry, and firm effects. Further on, we include all possible interactions between year,...