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EU enlargement is supposed to entail profound impact on the location of economic activities in Europe. Although there … is concern about the implications of enlargement for regional disparities in the EU, corresponding empirical results are … border regions in the EU27 since they are likely to play a critical role within the spatial dynamics initiated by integration …
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This paper adopts a spatial econometric perspective to analyse regional convergence of per capita income in Europe in 1995 to 2000 and, moreover, relaxes the assumption of a single steady-state growth path which appears to be out of tune with reality of empirical dynamics. The two-club spatial...
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Based on the aggregation of individual willingness-to-pay for a statistical life, we calibrate an intertemporal optimization model to determine the aggregate welfare losses from HIV/AIDS in 25 Eastern European countries. Assuming a discount rate of three percent, we find a total welfare loss for...
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growth in that period. EU border regions and capital areas clearly outperformed others. Further, regional growth clusters …
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This paper examines the empirical relationship between agglomeration and economic growth for a panel of 48 Central and Eastern European regions from 1995 to 2006. By agglomeration, we mean the within-regional concentration of aggregate economic activity, which we measure using the 'topographic'...
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