The relationship between decentralization and economic growth is generally studied from a perspective stressing universal or quasi-universal regularities across jurisdictions. That approach has generated many insights but seems to reach its limits. The paper explains why it allows contrasting...

L'objectif de cet article est d'introduire des externalités spatiales dans le modèle de croissance de Solow afin de tenir compte de l'interdépendance géographique des régions. Ces externalités sont générées par le stock de capital accumulé par les régions voisines. Par conséquent,...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the theoretical and econometric implications of omitting spatial dependence in the Mankiw, Romer, and Weil (1992) model. Indeed, the international distribution of income levels and growth rates suggests the existence of large international disparities, and...

In Bolivia the urban and economic evolution, especially in terms of spatial configuration, has been influenced by the Extractable Cycles. Those were the origin of the emergence of “centers of production” that have changed depending on the natural resources and on the period of Bolivian...