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Industry interconnectedness and regional economic growth in Germany
Shutters, Shade T.; Seibert, Holger; Alm, Bastian; … - 2021
Urban systems, and regions more generally, are the epicenters of many of today's social issues. Yet they are also the global drivers of technological innovation and thus it is critical that we understand their vulnerabilities and what makes them resilient to different types of shocks. We take...
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Forecasting and simulation of the impact of public policies on industrial districts using an agent-based model : ZU SS Industrial districts/industrial clusters and related place-ba...
Pablo-Marti, Federico; Santos, Juan Luis; … - 2012
policy instruments. In conventional models interactions are indirect, but agent-based modeling (ABM) allow simulating a … clusters structure and performance in stochastic terms thus enabling a better assessment of policy outcomes taking into account … better assessment of both policy outcomes and the certainty about the results. …
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Evaluating micro- and macro-effects of regional development policies : the case of the Northeast Regional Fund (FNE) in Brazil, 2000-2006 : 50th European Congress of the Regional S...
Resende, Guilherme Mendes - 2010
The goal of this paper is to carry out two outcome evaluations of the northeast regional fund (FNE) in Brazil. With this aim, the paper assembles two types of outcome evaluation often implemented separately in the evaluation literature. The results of the micro- and macro-evaluations show that...
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Quasi-experimental methods in empirical regional science and policy analysis : is there a scope for application?
Mitze, Timo; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Alecke, Björn - 2012
Applied econometrics has recently emphasized the identification of causal parameters for policy analysis. This … great value for regional policy analysis and should be the subject of future research efforts in the field of empirical … regional science. -- Generalized propensity score ; nearest neighbor matching ; labor productivity growth ; regional policy …
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Quasi-Experimental Methods in Empirical Regional Science and Policy Analysis – Is There a Scope for Application?
Mitze, Timo - 2012
Applied econometrics has recently emphasized the identification of causal parameters for policy analysis. This … great value for regional policy analysis and should be the subject of future research efforts in the field of empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099521
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Expert Assessment on Agri-Food Implications of March 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Accident in Japan
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2015
The March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant accident have had immense impacts on Japanese agri-food sector. Previous analysis has demonstrated that some of the impacts that triple disaster are difficult to identify and assess due to the insufficient information, controversial data,...
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March 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Accident Impacts on Japanese Agri-Food Sector
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2015
The paper presents findings of a large study on socio-economic impacts of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. It contains fourteen parts: introduction with the framework of analysis; a brief description of events and...
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Assessments of Preparedness, Agri-Food Impacts and Implications for Disaster Risk Management of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2019
On March 11, 2011 the strongest ever recorded in Japan earthquake occurred which triggered a powerful tsunami and caused a nuclear accident in Fukushima nuclear plant. The later was a “man-made” disaster having immense impacts on people’s life, health and property, infrastructure, supply...
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Iowa’s Tax Incentive Programs Used by Biofuel Producers Tax Credits Program Evaluation Study
Teahan, Brittany - 2009
Executive Summary: Iowa offers several tax incentive programs that have been utilized by biofuel producers. The tax credit programs include the Enterprise Zone Program (EZ), the New Jobs and Income Program (NJIP), the New Capital Investment Program (NCIP), and the High Quality Job Creation...
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EU structural funds and regional income convergence : a sobering experience
Breidenbach, Philipp; Mitze, Timo; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2016
The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) are the prime instrument of EU regional policy. European policy …, the obtained negative spatial effect may reflect the role played by policy-induced spatial competition among neighboring …
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