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Is regional innovative activity path-dependent? : an empirical analysis for Germany

Bode, Eckhardt - 2001

Based on a standard idea-based model of endogenous growth we test the hypothesis that regional innovative activity is path-dependent, and investigate the geographical scope of knowledge spillovers. Using data for West-German regions, two alternative indicators of the stock of knowledge are...

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Interregional spillovers and urban-rural disparity in U.S. employment growth

Saito, Hisamitsu; Gopinath, Munisamy; Wu, JunJie - 2010

A wide urban-rural disparity is observed in employment growth in the United States. For example, employment growth averaged 2.1 percent in urban counties during 1998-2007, compared with just 1 percent in rural counties. In this study, we examine the sources of U.S. employment growth using the...

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Cross-country convergence in a general Lotka-Volterra model

Ditzen, Jan - In: Spatial economic analysis : the journal of the Regional … 13 (2018) 2, pp. 191-211

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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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The impact of local decentralization on economic growth: evidence from U.S. counties

Hammond, George W.; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2009

We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose...

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Development of the model to examine the impact of infrastructure on economic growth and convergence

Mačiulytė-Šniukienė, Alma; Butkus, Mindaugas; … - In: Journal of business economics and management 23 (2022) 3, pp. 731-753

, i.e. contribute to economic growth and convergence between EU countries and especially regions. A theoretical model … addressing the identified issues is needed to assess the impact of infrastructure on economic growth and convergence … a theoretical model for evaluating infrastructure impact on economic growth and convergence. Moreover, based on the …

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Sigma Convergence versus Beta Convergence : Evidence from U.S. County-Level Data

Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew J.; Levy, Daniel C. - 2015

In this paper we outline (i) why sigma-convergence may not accompany beta-convergence, (ii) discuss evidence of beta-convergence … sigma-convergence cannot be detected at the county-level across the U.S., or within the large majority of the individual U …

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Sigma Convergence Versus Beta Convergence : Evidence from U.S. County-Level Data

Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew J.; Levy, Daniel C. - 2015

In this paper we outline (i) why sigma-convergence may not accompany beta-convergence, (ii) discuss evidence of beta-convergence … sigma-convergence has not occurred at the county-level across the U.S., or within the vast majority of the individual U …

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Regionale Verteilung raumwirksamer finanzieller Staatshilfen im Kontext regionalwirtschaftlicher Entwicklung

Plankl, Reiner - 2012

Der Arbeitsbericht beschreibt unter Bezug auf die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung die regionale Verteilung regionalwirtschaftlich relevanter raumwirksamer finanzieller Staatshilfen in der Förderperiode 1995 bis 2008. Betrachtungseinheiten sind die Bundesländer sowie die ländlichen und nicht...

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Institutions Versus Geography : Subnational Evidence from the United States

Clifton, Eric V. - 2006

Empirical studies of the impact of geography and institutions on growth and development at the international level have become common place, but the high degree of abstraction at that level has led to calls for subnational studies. This paper examines these issues for a region of the United...

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