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From Russia with Love : The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival
Falck, Oliver - 2012
-experimental characteristics. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet-occupied zone to … prevent expropriation. We show that the regional location decisions of these firms upon moving to western Germany were driven … evidence that these effects are due to increased competition for local resources …
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From Russia with love : the impact of relocated firms on incumbent survival
Falck, Oliver; Günther, Christina; Heblich, Stephan; … - 2011
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Problem on the Plains : College Earnings Premiums in Small Metropolitan Areas
Winters, John V. - 2021
I use the American Community Survey to examine how college earnings premiums differ across small metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the U.S. I document that the West North Central Division (Plains Region) has especially low average college earnings premiums. Controlling for observable MSA...
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Regional determinants of new business formation in China : prefecture-level evidence
Borowiecki, Martin; Leitner, Karl-Heinz - 2015 - Draft version
Using a panel data model, we study the effects of regional and industry-level traits on new business formation (NBF) for 164 industries across 266 Chinese prefectures between 1998 and 2007. The objective is to provide empirical estimates on effects of prefecture traits on entry rates, and in...
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Chapter 1. What Do We Learn From Schumpeterian Growth Theory?
Aghion, Philippe; Akcigit, Ufuk; Howitt, Peter - 2014
alternative theories. In this survey, we focus on four important aspects, namely: (i) the role of competition and market structure …
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Globalization and the Rise of Mega-Cities in the Developing World
van der Ploeg, Rick; Poelhekke, Steven - 2021
Thomas Friedman has argued in The World is Flat that those who deny rapid globalization will not survive in the global economy. First, we critically discuss Friedman's views and highlight the new globalization driven by outsourcing and vertical specialization. Second, we argue that Friedman pays...
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Creativity over time and space : a historical analysis of European cities
Serafinelli, Michel; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2021
Creativity is often highly concentrated in time and space, and across different domains. What explains the formation and decay of clusters of creativity? We match data on notable individuals born in Europe between the XIth and the XIXth century with historical city data. The production and...
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Creativity over time and space
Serafinelli, Michel; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2019
Creativity is often highly concentrated in time and space, and across different domains. What explains the formation and decay of clusters of creativity? In this paper we match data on thousands of notable individuals born in Europe between the XIth and the XIXth century with historical data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119562
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Agglomeration, inequality and economic growth : cross-section and panel data analysis
Castells Quintana, David; Royuela, Vicente - 2012
also uneven across space, it also seems relevant to wonder about the effects of the geographic agglomeration of economic … activity. Moreover, it seems relevant to consider not only the levels of inequality and agglomeration, but also their change … specifications and introducing different measures for agglomeration at country level, especially urbanization and urban concentration …
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Der Betreuungsausbau ist regional unterschiedlich schnell vorangeschritten : eine Betrachtung der Entwicklungen von Platzzahlen und Quoten auf Kreisebene
Geis-Thöne, Wido - 2020
, 2014, and March 1, 2019, in northwestern Germany. The front-runners in this increase are the districts of Steinfurt with 48 …
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