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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 …

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Human capital and regional growth in Switzerland

Polasek, Wolfgang; Schwarzbauer, Wolfgang; Sellner, Richard - 2010

This paper develops a regional production function model for Swiss cantons that incorporates human capital together with spatial effects. Within a spatial panel framework we find that controlling for time effects the spatial spillover effect becomes insignificant. Our results are sensitive with...

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Austrian border regions and eastern integration: A low competitiveness - high growth paradoxon

Mayerhofer, Peter - 2002

cluster analyses we group 3-digit-industries to theoretically founded typologies indicating different sector characteristics … and find that (fast growing) rural border regions are dominated by industries that show disadvantageous characteristics …

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What Do We Know About Geographical Knowledge Spillovers and Regional Growth? A Survey of the Literature

Döring, Thomas; Schnellenbach, Jan - 2004

agglomeration effects, both of which constitute path dependence in the economic growth of regions. Second, the paper analyses the …

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Does EU Cohesion Policy Promote Growth? Evidence from Regional Data and Alternative Econometric Approaches

Mohl, Philipp; Hagen, Tobias - 2008

This paper analyses the growth e®ects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1 / NUTS-2 regions over the time period 1995-2005. We extend the current literature with regard to at least three aspects: First of all, we extend the time period of investigation, using...

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Opening the convergence black box: Measurement problems and demographic aspects

Azzoni, Carlos; Menezes-Filho, Naercio; Menezes, Tatiane - 2003

In this paper we address the issues involved with the use of microeconomic data, that is, household surveys, to compare the patterns of income growth among different regions instead of the commonly used aggregate data. In particular, we investigate the issues of aggregation of household income...

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Does EU Cohesion Policy Promote Growth? Evidence from Regional Data and Alternative Econometric Approaches

Mohl, Philipp; Hagen, Tobias - 2008

This paper analyses the growth effects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1/NUTS-2 regions over the time period 1995-2005. We extend the current literature with regard to at least three aspects: First of all, we extend the time period of investigation, using structural...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213069

Analysis of Economic Growth in Regions : Geographical and Institutional Aspect

Lugovoy, Oleg; Dashkeev, Vladimir; Mazayev, Ilya; … - 2012

This study explores disparity in regional development in Russia and in Canada and role of geography in their development. In the first chapter analysis of the role of geographic, economic, and institutional factors in economic growth over 1996-2004 is presented. Additionally the issue of the...

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Regional Inequalities and Contributions to Aggregate Growth in the 2000s : An EU vs. US Comparison Based on Functional Regions

Garcilazo, Enrique; Moreno-Monroy, Ana I.; Oliveira … - 2022

This paper offers a comparative analysis of regions in the United States (US) and European Union (EU) countries before and during the aftermath of the global financial crisis. By using a regional taxonomy approaching a functional definition, we can compare in a more meaningful way the regions in...

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Is NAFTA Polarizing Mexico? Or El Sur Tambien Existe? Spatial Dimensions of Mexico's Post-Liberalization Growth

Aroca, Patricio; Maloney, William F.; Bosch Mossi, Mariano - 2003

Standard parametric tests of convergence cannot capture whether the increased dispersion among state incomes is due to a steepening gradient between north and south, a few hot states randomly distributed, or as an intermediate position, the emergence of convergence clubs. This paper tests for...

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