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The map of payments in Hungary
Helmeczi, István - 2011
available for researchers and those with interest in the subject. -- payments ; map ; bank branch ; bank card ; POS ; ATM … paper presents Hungary's payments infrastructure (its supply of bank branches, automated teller machines and merchant PoS … ; transfer ; batch credit transfer ; direct debit ; statistics ;county, settlement …
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Quality of life in the regions : an exploratory spatial data analysis for West German labor markets
Rusche, Karsten - 2008
Which of Germanys regions is the most attractive? Where is it best to live and work - on objective grounds? These questions are summed up in the concept "quality of life". This paper uses recent research projects that determine this parameter to examine the spatial distribution of quality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009355452
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The importance of EU cohesion policy for economic growth and convergence
Ehrlich, Maximilian von - 2024
This chapter discusses factors that contributed to different economic dynamics across European regions and the prevailing disparities. The impact of EU Cohesion Policy in reducing disparities is studied based on the empirical evidence on the effects of EU regional policy. With more than thirty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014577539
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Real Estate Cost and the Spatial Distribution of Unobserved Human Capital : A Test Based on Obesity
Popick, Stephen - 2016
Tests based on years of education find that the return to human capital in cities varies inversely and average education varies directly with housing cost. Finally, there is evidence that labor productivity within cities varies directly with employment density and real estate cost. The income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994256
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Regional inequalities in residential energy use of Hungarian urban areas
Nagy, Zoltán; Szép, Tekla Sebestyén; Szendi, Dóra - In: Trends economics and management 13 (2019) 33, pp. 59-70
feedback. A clear road map is needed for implementation of policy on decentralized energy. Methodology/methods: The analysis …
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Fiscal decenetralization and regional disparity : evidence from cross-section and panel data
Lessmann, Christian - 2009
The advantages and disadvantages of public sector decentralization are widely discussed in economics and political science. Some authors argue that decentralization leads to an optimal provision of public services and promotes economic growth, while others emphasize the dangers of competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003851100
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Fiscal Decentralization and Regional Disparity : Evidence from Cross-Section and Panel Data
Lessmann, Christian - 2009
The advantages and disadvantages of public sector decentralization are widely discussed in economics and political science. Some authors argue that decentralization leads to an optimal provision of public services and promotes economic growth, while others emphasize the dangers of competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012721515
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Capital Structure Across Italian Regions : The Roles of Financial and Economic Determinants
di Pietro, Filippo - 2017
The objective of this article is to analyse how the regional financial and economic differences influence the capital structure decisions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Specifically, the paper considers the regional financial and economic differences dividing four aspects: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953938
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Local Territorial Reform and Regional Spending Efficiency
Afonso, António - 2019
We investigate the effect of a local territorial reform, which reduced the number of parishes, on municipality spending efficiency in the period 2011-2016. We build a composite output indicator and use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to compute efficiency scores, which we then analyze through a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892814
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How Does Fiscal Decentralization Affect Within-Regional Disparities in Well-Being? Evidence from Health Inequalities in Italy
Di Novi, Cinzia - 2015
This paper aims at investigating empirically the impact of fiscal decentralization reforms on inequality in well-being. In particular, we look at the effects on health inequalities following the assignment of larger tax power to the Italian Regions for financing their health expenditure,...
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