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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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Income convergence, migration and geography : distribution analysis of regions in Norway
Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll - 2010
the recent emphasis on agglomeration effects and divergence. The population flows to urban centers do not generate growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653742
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Factors explaining the spatial agglomeration of the creative class : empirical evidence for German artists
Alfken, Christoph; Brökel, Tom; Sternberg, Rolf G. - 2013
The paper contributes to the ongoing debate about the relative importance of economic and amenity-related location factors for attracting talents or members of the creative class. While Florida highlights the role of amenities, openness, and tolerance, others instead emphasize the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303799
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Does medieval trade still matter? : Historical trade centers, agglomeration and contemporary economic development
Wahl, Fabian - 2013
This study empirically establishes a link between medieval trade, agglomeration and contemporary regional development …; they also reveal a robust connection between medieval city growth and contemporary regional agglomeration and industry … indeed transmitted via its effect on agglomeration and industry concentration. This research thus highlights the long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201723
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Regional dynamics in EU11
Pinelli, Dino; Pellényi, Gábor Márk - 2021
, population dynamics also point to increasing within-country agglomeration, with the areas that had lower income per capita in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653101
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Regional public research, higher education, and innovative start-ups : an empirical investigation
Aamoucke, Ronney; Fritsch, Michael - 2013
Based on detailed information about the regional knowledge base, particularly about universities, we find that regional public research and education have a strong positive impact on new business formation in innovative industries but not in industries classified as non-innovative. Measures for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009784050
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Regional knowledge, entrepreneurial culture and innovative start-ups over time and space : an empirical investigation
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018
We investigate the role of entrepreneurship culture and the historical knowledge base of a region on current levels of new business formation in innovative industries. The analysis is for German regions and covers the time period 1907-2014. We find a pronounced positive relationship between high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772874
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Spillover effects of spatial growth poles : a reconciliation of conflicting policy targets?
Kubis, Alexander (contributor); Titze, Mirko (contributor);  … - 2007
Regional economic policy faces the challenge of two competing policy goals - reducing regional economic disparities vs. promoting economic growth. The allocation of public funds has to weigh these goals particularly under the restriction of scarce financial re- sources. If, however, some region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003525566
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Regional convergence and R&D investment : applied investigation in Portugal : ERSA 55th Congress : World renaissance: changing roles for people and places : Lisbon, Portugal 25-28...
Guerreiro, Gertrudes Saudés; Guerreiro, António - 2015
R&D investments are seen has having an enormous potential impact on the competitive position of regions and perhaps on regional convergence (or divergence) too. The aim of the paper is to study both the localization of R&D investments and regional income distribution among the NUTs 3 regions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481737
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Commuting in Europe: an inter-regional analysis on its determinants and spatial effects
Castelli, Chiara; Parenti, Angela - 2020
Commuting shapes countless everyday-lives around the world, with dynamics varying from city to regional and cross regional level. Taking as reference the free-movement EU-28 area (plus Switzerland and Norway), the analysis considers a total sample of 195 NUTS2 regions over the decade 2007-2017...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306744