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Agglomeration and growth : evidence from the regions of Central and Eastern Europe
Vogel, Johanna - 2012 - This version: May 2012
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 … for endogeneity and spatial dependence. Our empirical analysis provides evidence of a positive effect of agglomeration as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506442
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Do domestic firms benefit from geographic proximity with FDI? : evidence from the privatization of the Czech glass industry
Galeotti, Elisa (contributor) - 2008
This paper analyzes the effects of geographical proximity and agglomeration of FDIs (foreign direct investments) on … evidence in Central and Eastern Europe of the effects of geographical proximity and agglomeration on the productivity of … analysis, using original panel data from 1990 to 2006, provides evidence that the agglomeration of FDIs has a negative and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755242
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Competitiveness factors at national and regional level : a panel analysis for Romania
Chilian, Mihaela Nona - 2012
The paper attempts to identify with the help of a panel model the presence of common or divergent development patterns and some significant factors of competitiveness at national and regional level (mainly regarding investment and employment, overall and by main economic sectors). The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522160
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Landlockedness and Economic Development : Analyzing Subnational Panel Data and Exploring Mechanisms
Jetter, Michael - 2018
This paper revisits the hypothesis that landlocked regions are systematically poorer than regions with ocean access, using panel data for 1,527 subnational regions in 83 nations from 1950-2014. This data structure allows us to exploit within-country-time variation only (e.g., regional variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930611
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Landlockedness and economic development : analyzing subnational panel data and exploring mechanisms
Jetter, Michael; Mösle, Saskia; Stadelmann, David - 2017
This paper revisits the hypothesis that landlocked regions are systematically poorer than regions with ocean access, using panel data for 1,527 subnational regions in 83 nations from 1950-2014. This data structure allows us to exploit within-country-time variation only (e.g., regional variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011750132
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Regional dynamics of economic performance in the EU : to what extent spatial spillovers matter?
Özyurt, Selin; Dées, Stéphane - 2015
This paper investigates the main determinants of economic growth in the European Union from a regional perspective. The analysis is based on a recently available dataset from the European Cluster Observatory covering 253 European regions over the period 2002-2008. In addition to the traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483641
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Evaluating multiple spatial dimensions of economic growth in Brazil using spatial panel data models (1970 - 2000)
Resende, Guilherme Mendes; Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata de; … - 2013
The goal of this paper is to evaluate the results of regional economic growth estimates at multiple spatial scales using spatial panel data models. The spatial scales examined are minimum comparable areas, micro-regions, meso-regions and states over the period between 1970 and 2000. Alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009746455
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Key Parameters and Efficiency of Mexican Manufacturing : Are There Still Differences between the North and the South? An Application of Nested and Stochastic Frontier Panel Data Mo...
Braun, Frauke G. - 2009
This study explores the prevalence and nature of the regional divide for the Mexican manufacturing production across sub-national regions. We utilize a unique panel of municipality-level data from the manufacturing sector. An important contribution is the use of different panel methods to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158609
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Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth for Chinese Provinces : A Panel Data Analysis
Shiu, Alice - 2006
We present in this paper the panel econometrics estimation approach of measuring the technical change and total factor productivity (TFP) growth of 30 Chinese provinces during the period of 1993 to 2003. The random effects model with heteroscedastic variances has been used for the estimation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780059
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How to Measure the Unobservable : A Panel Technique for the Analysis of TFP Convergence
Di Liberto, Adriana - 2010
This paper proposes a fixed-effect panel methodology that enables us to simultaneously take into account both TFP convergence and the traditional neoclassical-type of convergence. We analyse a sample of Italian regions between 1963 and 1993 and find strong evidence that both mechanisms were at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759168