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The long-term effects of war on foreign direct investment and economic development : evidence from Vietnam
Cuong Viet Nguyen; Tran Quang Tuyen; Huong Van Vu - 2022
direct investment and large firms is a new channel through which the war legacy impedes local development in Vietnam. A 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012815926
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Regional Dimensions of Economic Development in Iran - A New Economic Geography Approach
Farmanesh, Amir - 2009
This paper presents a spatial analysis of the regional dimensions of poverty and economic development across provinces … of Iran. It offers one of the few estimations made in developing countries using this strand of New Economic Geography … regional economic development in Iran based on the empirical estimation of two of the NEG models. First, it presents an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012719489
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Reversing Fortunes of German Regions, 1926-2019: Boon and Bane of Early Industrialization?
Berbée, Paul; Braun, Sebastian Till; Franke, Richard - 2022
's economic geography observed in recent decades. Using novel data on regional economic activity, we establish that almost half of … turned from an advantage for economic development to a burden after World War II. The (time-varying) effect of … North-South gap in economic development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012886571
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Free trade agreements and development : a global analysis with local data
Cruzatti, John - 2021
This paper analyzes the effects of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on various measures of local development in 207 … show that FTAs have a limited yet positive impact on a region's human development (as measured by the Human Development … (distribution of night lights among population). Finally, I also show that FTAs' impacts on human development are stronger for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012521043
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Landlockedness and economic development : analyzing subnational panel data and exploring mechanisms
Jetter, Michael; Mösle, Saskia; Stadelmann, David - 2017
This paper revisits the hypothesis that landlocked regions are systematically poorer than regions with ocean access, using panel data for 1,527 subnational regions in 83 nations from 1950-2014. This data structure allows us to exploit within-country-time variation only (e.g., regional variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011750132
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Top lights : bright cities and their contribution to economic development
Bluhm, Richard; Krause, Melanie - 2018
The commonly-used satellite images of nighttime lights fail to capture the true brightness of most cities. We show that night lights are a reliable proxy for economic activity at the city level, provided they are first corrected for top-coding. We present a stylized model of urban luminosity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951641
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Long-Range Growth : Economic Development in the Global Network of Air Links
Campante, Filipe R. - 2016
We study the impact of international long-distance flights on the global spatial allocation of economic activity. To identify causal effects, we exploit variation due to regulatory and technological constraints which give rise to a discontinuity in connectedness between cities at a distance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978375
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Pattern of Regional Disparities in Socio-Economic Development in India : District Level Analysis
Ohlan, Ramphul - 2015
The study assesses the pattern of disparities in socio-economic development at the district level in India applying the … Research 11(3) 259–267, 1982) based upon optimal combination of selected socio-economic development indicators. In order to get … a clear picture of regional socio-economic disparities in India, the level of development is assessed separately for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009386
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Long-Range Growth : Economic Development in the Global Network of Air Links
Campante, Filipe R. - 2016
We study the impact of international long-distance flights on the global spatial allocation of economic activity. To identify causal effects, we exploit variation due to regulatory and technological constraints which give rise to a discontinuity in connectedness between cities at a distance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982869
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Confronting Inter-Regional Disparities in Nigeria
Teriba, Ayo - 2014
Disparities in endowments of agricultural, mineral and commercial wealth across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones determine the rates at which the different regions can grow. Economic activities and growth are concentrated in four regions, while the remaining two regions are largely excluded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014145287