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The Impact of Geographic Differences in Human Capital on Service Firm Formation Rates
Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
Although human capital externalities are a key variable in theories of economic growth, there has been little investigation of the mechanism by which these externalities are realized. We examine the relationship between the local levels of human capital and firm formation rates and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824127
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The Impact of Geographic Differences in Human Capital on Service Firm Formation Rates
Ács, Zoltán J.; Armington, Catherine - 2004
Although human capital externalities are a key variable in theories of economic growth, there has been little investigation of the mechanism by which these externalities are realized. We examine the relationship between the local levels of human capital and firm formation rates and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271743
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Un modelo de crecimiento con efectos externos entre las provincias españolas
Pardo, Ángel Alañón; Antonio, Miguel Gómez de - In: Revista de Estudios Regionales 01 (2011), pp. 207-229
-2000 period. There are two kind of regional product determinants: spatial variables (intra and interregional agglomeration forces …
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A regional growth model with external effects among spanish provinces. Un modelo de crecimiento con efectos externos entre las provincias españolas
Pardo, Ángel Alañón; Antonio, Miguel Gómez de - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, … - 2010
: spatial variables (intra and interregional agglomeration forces) and non spatial variables (firm size and public capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764120
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A new regional balance : challenges and opportunities for intermediate city regions in Europe : 54th Congress of the European Regional Science Association
Cornett, Andreas P. - 2014 - Preliminary version
located in the vicinity of the large urban agglomeration or farer away in the country. The project is both explorative and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503559
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Determinants of Regional Growth by Manufacturing Sector in Mexico, 1998-2008
Pereira, Mariana - 2015
, agglomeration economies, and initial conditions, the south, the center and the Gulf of Mexico have a relative disadvantage for …This article presents an empirical analysis aimed at identifying the determinants of regional growth in Mexico by … manufacturing sector in the period 1988-2008. In the framework of agglomeration economies it argues that the main factor behind …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034301
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Local financial development and growth
Kendall, Jake - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 36 (2012) 5, pp. 1548-1562
Using unique, district-level, economic growth data, I investigate the connection between banking sector development, human capital, and economic growth in Indian districts. Disaggregate data helps avoid many of the omitted variable problems that plague similar cross-country studies. The data...
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A new regional balance : regional specialization and growth : an analysis of spatial divergence in Northern Europe
Cornett, Andreas P. - 2015 - Extended abstract
Changing pattern of global specialization and trade has affected the regional economic landscape in Europe significantly during the last decades, often even more than endogenous factors or policy measures. After a period of conversion, processes of diversion has reentered the scene, particularly...
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Cost of living and wages in the Brazilian metropolitans regions
Almeida, Alexandre Nunes de; Spolador, Humberto … - 2014 - (Preliminary draft)
This paper analyses the relationship between household cost of living and wages in the Brazilian metropolitan regions. The country's economic growth in the last decade contributed significantly to structural economic changes at the regional level, in terms of employment, population growth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504384
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Traffic accessibility and the effect on firms and population in 99 Austrian regions
Polasek, Wolfgang; Schwarzbauer, Wolfgang - 2006
In this paper we describe the EAR (regional economic accessibility) model to investigate the impact of the improvement of railroad infrastructure on regional GDP, population and firms growth in 99 Austrian regions. We evaluate the impact of four potential railroad infrastructure investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009736659