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Trends in the relation between regional convergence and economic growth in EU

Albu, Lucian-Liviu - 2016

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between regional convergence inside of countries in EU and … the correlation between the convergence process and economic growth we focused, as it is usually used in specialised … literature to analyse the real convergence, on the dynamics of GDP per capita expressed in case of EU by PPS (Purchasing Power …

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Economic freedom and economic growth across US states : a spatial panel data analysis

Hall, Joshua C.; Lacombe, Donald; Shaughnessy, Timothy M. - 2015

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A spatial interpretation of the persistency of China's provincial inequality

Yu, Xiaofan - 2011

China's rapid economic growth in recent decades has not led to balanced income distribution: inter- and intra-provincial income inequality have been increasing and their respective contribution to the total income inequality remains relatively stable. Based on a new set of prefectural database...

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Barriers to entry and regional economic growth in China

Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui; Storesletten, Kjetil - 2020

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China's productivity convergence and growth potential : a stocktaking and sectoral approach

Zhu, Min; Zhang, Longmei; Peng, Daoju - 2019

transformation and its impact on economic growth. To fill the gap, this paper takes a deep dive into China's convergence progress in … that China's productivity convergence remains at an early stage, with the industrial sector more advanced than services …-tech sectors. Going forward, ample room remains for further convergence, but the shrinking distance to the frontier, the structural …

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Policies for inclusive urbanisation in China

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - 2013

Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...

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The language effect in international trade : a meta-analysis

Egger, Peter; Lassmann, Andrea - 2011

Gravity models of international trade have been frequently applied to estimate the impact of common (official or spoken) language on bilateral trade. This study provides a meta-analysis based on 701 language effects collected from 81 academic articles. On average, a common (official or spoken)...

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Infrastructure development, income inequality, and urban sustainability in the People's Republic of China

Mendoza, Octasiano M. Valerio - 2017

This paper examines the relationship between infrastructure development and income inequality in urban People's Republic of China. Recent policies target reductions in income inequality while increasing sustainable urban development. Infrastructure investment plays a key role in achieving both...

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Performative state capacity and climate (in)action

Feld, Immanuel; Fetzer, Thiemo - 2024

Climate action requires significant public- and private sector investment to achieve meaningful reductions in carbon emissions. This paper documents that large-scale austerity, coupled with barriers to flows of data and a lack of (digital) skills in (local) government, may have been a...

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The causal economic effects of Olympic Games on host regions

Firgo, Matthias - 2019

This paper studies the effects of hosting Olympic Games on the regional economy in the short- and long-run. For identification, runners-up in the Olympic bidding process are used to construct the counterfactual for Olympic host regions. In the short-run, hosting Summer Olympics boosts regional...

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