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Tax incentives and job creation in the tourism industry of Brazil
Garsous, Grégoire; Novoa, David Corderi; Velasco, Mercedes - 2015
In recent decades, a significant number of developing countries have implemented fiscal incentives programs for the tourism industry as part of their regional development policies. The main objective of these programs is to increase local investment and employment, as tourism activities are...
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Reducing regional disparities for inclusive growth in Bulgaria
Hermansen, Mikkel - 2021
Regions with large cities are driving growth in Bulgaria, while many rural regions suffer from depopulation and rapid ageing. Improving living standards across all regions will require better coverage and access to public services, notably in health and long-term care. Policy action to integrate...
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Application of Regionally Varying Additionality Degrees in the Practice of EU Cohesion Policy
Nam, Chang Woon - 2010
The additionality principle says that the funds of the European Union should not replace, but be an addition to national regional policy funds. The benchmark for the co-funding is that the EU bears 50% of total costs associated with regional projects eligible for EU support. In some regions,...
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The Impact of Professional Sports Franchises and Venues on Local Economies : A Comprehensive Survey
Bradbury, John Charles; Coates, Dennis; Humphreys, Brad R. - 2022
Local governments routinely subsidize sports stadiums and arenas using the justification that hosting professional franchises produces economic development and social benefits in the community. The prevalence of venue subsidies generated an extensive and vibrant research literature, which spans...
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Korea’s Regional Economies
Kang, Duyong; Min, Seong-hwan - 2023
This paper estimates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic-induced recession on Korea's regional economies. It finds that the recession has hit the island province of Jeju and the cities of Incheon and Ulsan the hardest, in that order. For Jeju in particular, it was estimated that the province’s...
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The structure of wider-regional sharing of the social infrastructure element
Nakamura, Daisuke - 2011
There are two types of regional development elements those are namely economic and social terms. While both developing and developed countries initially need to establish regional economic infrastructure, the next concern should be given to the social infrastructure. In local regions, the...
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Regional capital no more : how the reform of the territorial government has marginalized Polish middle-sized cities
Cieślak, Borys; Nagler, Paula; Oort, Frank van - 2023
Among Polish cities facing socio-economic difficulties are the former regional capitals which lost their administrative status due to the 1998 reform, reducing the number of regions from 49 to 16. Making use of this quasiexperimental setting, we assess the impact of the loss of administrative...
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Regional development and decentralization : two options to overcome lack of funding : 53rd ERSA Congress : Regional integration: Europe, the Mediterranean and the world economy : 2...
Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka; Slijepčević, Sunčana; … - 2013
Decentralization can be generally described as a process in which selected functions are assigned to sub-national units …. The literature identifies number of positive consequences of decentralization which all lead to better satisfaction of … citizens? needs for public services. Although decentralization process in Croatia started more than 10 years ago, it still has …
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The LEADER process as a European policy for local development : a comparison of the implementation in three European member states ; paper contribution for 55th European Regional S...
Berriet-Solliec, Marielle; Laidin, Catherine; Lepicier, … - 2015 - Revised version, December 2015
New governance structures, meant to empower local decision makers, are supported by some policies introduced by the European Commission. LEADER, from rural development policy, is among these approaches. Nevertheless, these new policies are implemented in very different multi-level governance...
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Regional Competitiveness Under New Perspectives
Aiginger, Karl - 2015
The term "competitiveness" has been used in conceptually distinct ways at the firm, regional and national levels. After primarily reviewing existing concepts at the national level, we introduce a new definition of regional competitiveness adapting definitions used in the academic literature....
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