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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300161
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Proximity is a Social Process - A Conceptual Framework.
Dettmann, Anja; Brenner, Thomas - 2010
Spatial proximity is assumed in the literature to be a prerequisite and trigger for cooperation and, subsequently, innovation. This paper examines conceptually the role of proximity between actors for cooperation activities. Using theories and findings from social psychology and combining them...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011291794
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264330
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Degrees of development: how geographic latitude sets the pace of industrialization and demographic change
Strulik, Holger - 2008
Successful economic development is usually characterized by two salient phenomena: industrialization and demographic transition. Chronologically both events happen so closely to each other that historians and economists alike suspect that they are interrelated. This paper develops a theory for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264936
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265093
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268882
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Geographic proximity and firm-university innovation linkages: Evidence from Great Britain
Abramovsky, Laura; Simpson, Helen - 2009
We investigate evidence for spatially mediated knowledge transfer from university research. We examine whether firms locate their R&D labs near universities, and whether those that do are more likely to co-operate with, or source knowledge from universities. We find that pharmaceutical firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275749
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How do the last five years measure up on levelling up?
Farquharson, Christine; Milsom, Luke; Tahir, Imran; … - 2024
Five years ago, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson made "levelling up" a central plank of the Conservative Party's bid for re-election, with a manifesto pledge to "level up every part of the UK". In 2022, the government published a thorough and ambitious White Paper setting out 12 levelling up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014581786
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The Colonial and Geographic Origins of Comparative Development
Auer, Raphael - 2009
, geography has also affected colonization policies and, therefore, institutional outcomes. Using non-colonized countries as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430076
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Freeports: What are they, what do we know, and what will we know?
Adam, Stuart; Phillips, David - 2023
In January 2020, the UK government formally announced its intention to create a number of Freeports across the UK, with the aim of promoting job creation and regeneration, boosting trade, investment and innovation, and supporting the 'levelling up' agenda. The Freeports offer various tax and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014470244