Regional Economic Growth Across Space and TimeSummaryThe focus of this study is the interregional growth process over time within countries. The issue of economic convergence both within and across countries has proved to be an intuitively appealing one for economists and policymakers alike. An...

?Innovationslogik und regionales Wirtschaftswachstum ? Theorie und Empirie autopoietischer Innovationsdynamik? Obwohl neuere wachstumstheoretische Ans?tze durchg?ngig die Bedeutung von Innovationen f?r wirtschaftliche Entwicklung betonen und sich dabei in selten zu findender Eintracht auf die...

This course, offered by the MIT Center for Real Estate, focuses on developing an understanding of the macroeconomic factors that shape and influence markets for real property. We will develop the theory of land markets and locational choice. The material covered includes studies of changing...

Recent trends in the provision of infrastructure development indicate that the private sector is playing an increasingly important role in the procurement process. This trend has partly arisen out of a necessity for the development of infrastructure to be undertaken at a rate that maintains and...

Document #PICRM-2004-06Research Area: Processes, Productivity and Profitability

This research focuses on urban water policy. The three papers extend the literature through economic application, taking theory in a direction that informs water resource managers on optimal decision-making or a better approach to management. Three primary results are: first, that the optimal...