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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 August 2015

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...

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The regional development policy of Romania in the post-accession period

Antonescu, Daniela - 2013

strategy for the future programming period, from the perspective of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The study contains certain …

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Regional integration and economic development : an empirical approach

Dion, David-Pascal - 2004

This paper contributes to the empirical literature by providing a quantitative measurement of the influence of regional trade integration on productivity. For this purpose we address the link between trade and productivity thanks to knowledge spillovers in a multi-country model. The...

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Trade, growth and geography : a synthetic approach

Dion, David-Pascal - 2004

Economic integration affects economic development through two main channels: growth and localization of the economic activities. The theories of endogenous growth and economic geography enable us to understand these mechanisms. We study in this paper their similarities and specificities before...

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Urban economic growth in Europe between 2001 and 2008 : gravitation or dispersion?

Neumann, Uwe; Budde, Rüdiger; Ehlert, Christoph - 2012

This paper examines what regional characteristics drove urban economic growth in Europe during the past decade …. Possible impacts on the new member states in Central Europe due to expansion of the European Union are accounted for by … comparison between two periods, before and after 2004. With a focus on cities, a more precise view of Europe-wide regional …

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Does regional economic growth depend on proximity to urban centres?

Ahrend, Rudiger; Schumann, Abel - 2014

This paper analyses the spatial patterns of regional economic growth in Europe over the 1995 to 2010 period. It finds …

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Trust and innovation activity in European regions : a geographic instrumental variables approach

Schild, Christopher-Johannes - 2012

Capital ; Trust ; Innovation ; Regional Economics ; Europe …

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Determinants of convergence and disparities in Europe : innovation, entrepreneurship and the processes of clustering : 52th Congress of the European Regional Science Association

Cornett, Andreas P.; Sørensen, Nils Karl - 2012 - Preliminary version

Innovation and entrepreneurship are key factors in current regional development initiatives, derived from the concepts of new economic growth theory. The aim of this paper is to combine an assessment of innovative and entrepreneurial performance with the spatial distribution and functional...

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Pandemics, places, and populations : evidence from the Black Death

Jedwab, Remi; Johnson, Noel D.; Koyama, Mark - 2019

The Black Death killed 40% of Europe's population between 1347-1352, making it one of the largest shocks in the history …

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Development, growth and decline in Europe : new patterns of economic convergence and divergence? : 53th Congress of the European Regional Science Association

Cornett, Andreas P.; Sørensen, Nils Karl - 2013 - Preliminary version

in the overall economic trends in Europe in a regional context. In addition, in influence of innovation on the …

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