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Regional determinants of new business formation in China: Prefecture-level evidence
Borowiecki, Martin; Leitner, Karl-Heinz - 2015
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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Creativity over Time and Space
Serafinelli, Michel; Tabellini, Guido - 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/10014532905
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Evolving city systems
Overman, Henry G.; Venables, Anthony J. - 2010
This paper reviews the literature on the forces driving urbanization in developing countries. It presents a model outlining how globalization can lead to the evolution of an urban structure which may approximate Zipf's law. Policy implications are outlined.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280189
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Creativity over Time and Space
Serafinelli, Michel; Tabellini, Guido - 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/10012141280
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Creativity over Time and Space - A Historical Analysis of European Cities
Serafinelli, Michel; Tabellini, Guido - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582036
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From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival
Heblich, Stephan; Falck, Oliver; Günther, Christina; … - 2010
increased competition dominate the potential benefits of agglomeration. … related to the positive effects of local concentration if agglomeration economies and natural advantages coincide. We overcome … this problem by exploiting exogenous variation arising from a natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274414
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Agglomerations, tasks and wage growth
Perl, Maximilian - 2023
agglomeration economies, and its consequences for the city-size wage gap. After 15 years of work experience in Munich the cumulative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014000379
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Europe In The Global Economy: Matching The U.S.?
Ude, Christian; Teltschik, Horst; Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 2, pp. 3-7
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The Dynamics of Job Creation and Job Destruction: Is Sub-Saharan Africa Different?
Shiferaw, Admasu; Bedi, Arjun S. - 2010
Agricultural production is an important source of income and employment for developing countries, yet it is the cause of serious environmental problems. Though ECO-labels appear as a promising alternative to control the negative effects of agriculture on the environment and to increase the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301536
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The Dynamics of Job Creation and Job Destruction: Is Sub-Saharan Africa Different?
Shiferaw, Admasu; Bedi, Arjun - 2010
adjust their labor force in a manner broadly similar to firms elsewhere and that African labor markets are not uniquely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330005