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Weighting Ripley’s K-function to account for the firm dimension in the analysis of spatial concentration
Giuliani, Diego; Arbia, Giuseppe; Espa, Giuseppe - In: International regional science review 37 (2014) 3, pp. 251-272
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308155
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Measuring and testing spatial mass concentration with micro-geographic data
Bonneu, Florent; Thomas-Agnan, Christine - In: Spatial economic analysis : the journal of the Regional … 10 (2015) 3, pp. 289-316
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326243
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A spatial interpretation of the persistency of China's provincial inequality
Yu, Xiaofan - 2011
China's rapid economic growth in recent decades has not led to balanced income distribution: inter- and intra-provincial income inequality have been increasing and their respective contribution to the total income inequality remains relatively stable. Based on a new set of prefectural database...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364875
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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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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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The well-being of Russian cities : does location matter?
Ivanova, Vera - 2015 - Preliminary draft, to be completed
Using the data covering the time period from 1996 till 2011, I estimate a spatial autoregressive model of wages' growth rates across Russian cities. I find that wages in Russian cities exhibit convergence. I also test whether city population (which is a proxy for city size) has positive impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478822
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Do rural development program measures for the encouragement of rural tourism work? : a spatial econometric analysis
Linderhof, Vincent; Reinhard, Stijn - 2012
This paper analyses the impact of Rural Development Program (RDP) measures focusing on tourism have on the growth of tourism and on the economy in rural areas. We first explored tourism in NUT2 regions in the EU with a spatial data analyses and then we applied spatial econometric analyses on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507854
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Regional clusters of innovative activity in Europe : are social capital and geographical proximity the key determinants?
Dominicis, Laura de; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Groot, … - 2011
Finding proper policy instruments to promote productivity growth features prominently on the Lisbon agenda and is central in many national as well as European policy debates. In view of the increased mobility of high-skilled workers in Europe, ongoing globalization and increased interregional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382705
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On the spatial scale of industrial agglomerations
Mori, Tomoya; Smith, Tony E. - 2015
Standard approaches to studying industrial agglomeration have been in terms of scalar measures of agglomeration within … each industry. But such measures often fail to distinguish spatial scales of agglomeration. In a previous paper, Mori and … agglomeration based on an explicit method for detecting spatial clusters. The first, designated as the global extent of industrial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485214
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Urban spatial structure and economic growth in Spanish metropolitan areas : 1992-2008
Alamá, Luisa; Roig-Casanova, Marta; Forte, Anabel; … - 2011
There is a large literature on the existence of agglomeration economies, as shown in the surveys by Moomaw (1983) or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527324