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Space and growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342567
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The spillover effect of European Union funds between the regions of the new European Union members
Maras, Marin - In: Croatian review of economic, business and social … 8 (2022) 1, pp. 58-72
As the differences between the regions are more pronounced than among the countries, NUTS 2 regions of the new members that joined the EU after 2000 are considered. Due to the presence of externalities between the regions, the Solow growth model using interregional externalities is used. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013279716
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Public investment and regional growth and convergence: Evidence from Greece
Psycharis, Yannis; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tselios, Vassilis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper estimates the impact of public investment on regional economic growth and convergence at the NUTS III level … capita on regional economic growth – but not on convergence – which also generates considerable spillover effects. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084166
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Public investment and regional growth and convergence: Evidence from Greece
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Psycharis, Yannis; Tselios, … - Instituto de Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Madrileño de … - 2012
This paper estimates the impact of public investment on regional economic growth and convergence at the NUTS III level … capita on regional economic growth – but not on convergence – which also generates considerable spillover effects. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010568419
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Sectoral productivity convergence between European regions : does space matter?
Montresor, Elisa; Pecci, Francesco; Pontarollo, Nicola - 2012
The aim of our analysis is the evaluation of the total and sectoral convergence of labour productivity between 182 … adopt a β- and sígma-convergence approach along with a methodology based on Getis' spatial filters that allows decomposing … and low productivity, respectively 'core' and 'periphery'. Our results show significant sígma-convergence in aggregate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514053
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The Brazilian regional development funds and economic growth : a spatial panel approach
Cravo, Túlio A.; Resende, Guilherme Mendes - 2015
The regional development policy in Brazil materializes mainly in the regional development funds for the north-east (FNE), the north (FNO), and the centre-west (FCO), in which more than EUR36 billion was invested between 2004 and 2010. This paper examines the economic effect of these regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392771
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Regional economic growth and SMEs in Brazil : a spatial analysis
Cravo, Túlio - 2010
This paper examines the relationship between economic growth and the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector for a panel of 503 Brazilian micro-regions for the period 1980-2004 using panel spatial econometrics. It investigates the importance of the SME sector size measured by the share of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012172216
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573731
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Have Collapses in Infrastructure Spending led to Cross-Country Divergence in Per Capita GDP?
Rodriguez, Francisco - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2007
This paper explores whether the post-1980 decline in infrastructure investment in developing countries is a source of growing disparities in world per capita GDP. I start by reviewing the literature on the infrastructure-productivity link, arguing that a balanced reading of previous studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786843
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Toward inclusive growth : is there regional convergence in social welfare?
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Tselios, Vassilis - In: International regional science review 38 (2015) 1, pp. 30-60
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