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Regional integration and economic development : an empirical approach
Dion, David-Pascal - 2004
This paper contributes to the empirical literature by providing a quantitative measurement of the influence of regional trade integration on productivity. For this purpose we address the link between trade and productivity thanks to knowledge spillovers in a multi-country model. The...
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Trade, growth and geography : a synthetic approach
Dion, David-Pascal - 2004
Economic integration affects economic development through two main channels: growth and localization of the economic activities. The theories of endogenous growth and economic geography enable us to understand these mechanisms. We study in this paper their similarities and specificities before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010366571
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Welfare gains from the variety growth
Kancs, D'Artis; Persyn, Damiaan - 2019
We estimate the variety gains of trade in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania following the fall of the iron curtain more than a quarter of a century ago. We apply the methodology of Feenstra (1994); Broda and Weinstein (2006); Ardelean and Lugovskyy (2010) and Soderbery (2015) to domestic and...
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Chapter 22. The Geography of Development Within Countries
Desmet, Klaus; Henderson, J. Vernon - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 1457-1517). 2015
This chapter describes how the spatial distribution of economic activity changes as economies develop and grow. We start with the relation between development and rural–urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural–urban distinction, we then focus on the continuum of locations in an...
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Natural resources, economic growth and geography
González-Val, Rafael; Pueyo, Fernando - 2018
In this paper we discuss the relationship between economic growth and natural resources at a global level, taking into account geography. With this aim, our model integrates elements of the theories of endogenous growth, natural resources and new economic geography. We find that an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873113
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Can Global Value Chains Effectively Serve Regional Economic Development in Asia?
Brunner, Hans-Peter - 2013
, network, coordination and agglomeration economies. As is shown, especially in small economies and LDCs, regional economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507537
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Can global value chains effectively serve regional economic development in Asia?
Brunner, Hans-Peter - 2013
, network, coordination and agglomeration economies. As is shown, especially in small economies and LDCs, regional economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009734294
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Transport, Infrastructure and Growth : Evidence From Chinese Firms
Lu, Will Jianyu - 2018
Transportation infrastructure is a way for governments to achieve development goals by connecting peripheral areas to urban centers. This is particularly important in a country like China where income is highly unequally distributed across space. Yet understanding the gains from transportation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907510
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Patterns in US urban growth (1790-2000)
González-Val, Rafael; Lanaspa-Santolaria, Luis Fernando - 2013
This paper reconsiders the evolution of the growth of American cities since 1790 in light of new theories of urban growth. Our null hypothesis for long-term growth is random growth. We obtain evidence supporting random growth against the alternative of mean reversion (convergence) in city sizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581479
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Agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship: testing for spatial externalities in the Dutch ICT industry
van Oort, Frank G.; Stam, Erik - 2005
Although there is growing evidence on the role of agglomeration economies in the formation and growth of firms, both … the concepts of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship tend to be ambiguously defined and measured in the literature …. In this study, we aim to improve the conceptualisations and measures of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship …
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