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Tourism and China's development : policies, regional economic growth and ecotourism
Wen, Julie Jie - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014277340
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Using spatial distribution of outlets to estimate gambling incidence
Dahan, Momi - 2017
The paper proposes a simple and innovative methodology for measuring the incidence of gambling expenditure in countries … merging data on the geographical location of gambling outlets, together with residents' socio-economic and demographic … results and yields a measure of -0.42, which implies that the implicit tax associated with gambling is highly regressive. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700247
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Territorial capital and regional growth : increasing returns in cognitive knowledge use
Capello, Roberta; Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - 2009
Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378339
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Regional bank efficiency and its effect on regional growth in “normal” and “bad” times
Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Setzer, Ralph - 2015
The financial crisis affected regions in Europe in a different magnitude. This is why we examine whether regions which incorporate banks with a higher intermediation quality grow faster in “normal” times and are more resilient in “bad” ones. For this purpose, we measure the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381424
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The dynamics of agglomeration processes and their contribution to regional development across the EU
Dirzu, Madalina-Stefania; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010245527
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Local labour markets and the interregional mobility of Italian university students
Dotti, Nicola Francesco; Fratesi, Ugo; Lenzi, Camilla; … - In: Spatial economic analysis : the journal of the Regional … 8 (2013) 4, pp. 443-468
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010248351
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Regional bank efficiency and its effect on regional growth in "normal" and "bad" times
Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Setzer, Ralph - 2015
The financial crisis affected regions in Europe in a different magnitude. This is why we examine whether regions which incorporate banks with a higher intermediation quality grow faster in “normal” times and are more resilient in “bad” ones. For this purpose, we measure the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443947
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Regional convergence of economic growth during post-reform period in India
Mallick, Jagannath - In: The Singapore economic review : journal of the Economic … 59 (2014) 2, pp. 1-18
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010401285
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Creativity, education or what? : on the measurement of regional human capital
Bode, Eckhardt; Pérez-Villar, Lucia - 2014
This paper substantiates the debate following Richard Florida’s suggestion to measure regional human capital by creative occupations rather than education. Consistent with Florida’s notion of creativity, it suggests a microfoundation that relates creativity to workers’ cognitive and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010406921
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Has regional disparity been reduced in Korea? : a sectoral approach
Chang, Hyŏng-su; Lee, Jong Soo - In: Journal of economic research 20 (2015) 1, pp. 39-55
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296823