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Space and growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
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Economic Growth, Convergence and Innovation in the EU Regions
Paas, Tiiu - 2012
convergence in Europe. The empirical part of the study bases on the regional GDP pc and innovation indicators on the EU-27 NUTS2 … analysis method, three composite indicators of regional innovation capacity are extracted. Estimating convergence equations, we … regional income convergence is a policy target, additional policy measures beside innovation activities should be effectively …
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Convergence in Spanish provinces
Montañés, Antonio; Olmos, Lorena; Reyes García, Marcelo - 2013 - Work in progress
This paper analyses to what extent the Spanish provinces have shown a convergence process since 1980 to nowadays. The … exitence of a unique convergence process between them. Rather, we can observe the existence of differentiated clubs up to 2007 …
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Decentralization, social capital and regional convergence
Mauro, Luciano; Pigliaru, Francesco - 2013
By studying the interaction between social capital and decentralization, we show that political decentralization can be a source of divergence across heterogeneous regions. In particular, we claim that since the local endowments of social capital display their effect on the economy mainly...
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Measuring Genuine Progress by Scaling Economic Indicators to Think Global & Act Local : An Example from the UN Millennium Development Goals Project
Fisher, William P. - 2019
Proposals for incorporating information on the quality of human, social, and environmental conditions in more authentic and comprehensive versions of the Gross National Product (GNP) or Gross Domestic Product (GDP) date back to the foundations of econometrics. Typically treated as external to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187122
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Ch 4 : Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) in Five Continents and Three Narratives: Similarities and Differences
Backer, Larry Catá - 2014
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Do ‘Green Growth’ and Technological Innovation matter to Infrastructure Investment? Global Evidence
Trinh, Hai Hong; Squires, Graham; McCord, Michael; Lo, … - 2022
The notion of green growth has emerged as an international policy discourse and response to climate change and ecological breakdown, designed to improve the demand-based and production-based emissions through a nation’s investments in its technological innovations and environmental-related...
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Measuring Genuine Progress : An Example from the UN Millennium Development Goals Project
Fisher, William P. - 2021
Proposals for incorporating information on the quality of human, social, and environmental conditions in more authentic and comprehensive versions of the Gross National Product (GNP) or Gross Domestic Product (GDP) date back to the foundations of econometrics.Typically treated as external to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013211173
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An integrated approach to the Paris climate Agreement : the role of regions and cities
Matsumoto, Tadashi; Allain-Dupré, Dorothée; Crook, … - 2019
Following the historic 2015 Paris Agreement aiming to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100, 165 Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, representing 192 countries, have been submitted. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) detail each...
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The language effect in international trade : a meta-analysis
Egger, Peter; Lassmann, Andrea - 2011
Gravity models of international trade have been frequently applied to estimate the impact of common (official or spoken) language on bilateral trade. This study provides a meta-analysis based on 701 language effects collected from 81 academic articles. On average, a common (official or spoken)...
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