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EU regional policy : its theoretical foundations and their policy conclusions revisited
Schmidt, Peter - 2014 - Draft
This paper reconsiders the theoretical foundations of EU regional policy in economics. It begins with a discussion of the line of thought of its prevalent explanation in equilibrium economics which is focusing on market failures as its key underpinning and which is the major toolkit of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011487099
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Technological progress and economic geography
Tabuchi, Takatoshi; Thisse, Jacques-François; Zhu, Xiwei - 2014
New economic geography focuses on the impact of falling transport costs on the spatial distribution of activities. However, it disregards the role of technological innovations, which are central to modern economic growth, as well as the role of migration costs, which are a strong impediment to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499913
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Modelling migration and regional labour markets : an application of the new economic geography model RHOMOLOI
Brandsma, Andries; Kancs, D'Artis; Persyn, Damiaan - 2013
The present paper describes the modelling of regional labour markets in the newly developed dynamic spatial general equilibrium model RHOMOLO, where the labour market equilibrium is determined by firms' labour demand, a wage-curve determining unemployment, and interregional labour migration. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581448
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European structural funds during the crisis : evidence from Southern Italy
Ciani, Emanuele; De Blasio, Guido - 2015 - This version: February 6, 2015
We investigate the effectiveness of European Structural Funds on employment, population and house prices in Local Labor Markets (LLM) located in Southern Italy. We exploit the variability in disbursements between 2007 and 2013 and estimate the impact of the interventions by allowing for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481850
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Financial integration and labor mobility in a monetary union
Ma, Xiaofei - In: Crises and Uncertainty in the Economy, (pp. 19-49). 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226922
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Migration and the diffusion of knowledge in a globalized economy
Groot, Stefan P. T. - 2011
This paper considers diversity of the knowledge of expats as a complementary dimension of human capital that may generate spillovers. Such, often intangible, knowledge about foreign markets, management skills, and other complementary information may enhance the productivity of these expats, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535229
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Market failure vs. system failure as a rationale for EU regional policy? : a critique from an evolutionary economic perspective
Schmidt, Peter - 2015 - Draft
This paper reconsiders the economic explanation of EU regional policy from an evolution- ary perspective. It contrasts the neoclassical equilibrium notions of market and government failure with the prevalent evolutionary neo-Schumpeterian and Austrian-Hayekian perceptions. Based on this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479448
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"Integrated urban regeneration : an empirical study of the normative framework in spanish regions" : new challenges for European regions and urban areas in a globalised world : ERS...
Fuertes Eugenio, Ana María; Maset-Llaudes, Amparo; … - 2011
The current urban planning model for Spanish cities does not meet the criteria for successful urban sustainability, in fact quite the opposite, it follows the disperse city model introduced twenty years ago by the boom in the construction industry and improved communication infrastructures. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524745
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The use of biofuels and bioliquids in the European Union in the context of sustainable development and food security's constraints
Voica, Catalin; Ene, Corina; Panait, Mirela - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 241-248). 2016
The sectors of transport and energy are at a turning point, which is generated by various factors such as climate change, population growth and its reliance on classic fuels , the necessity of access to modern energy services for the rural population. The solution would be widespread use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591200
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Influence of economic factors on the environment in countries with different levels of development
Filimonova, I. V.; Provornaya, I. V.; Komarova, A. V.; … - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 27-31
The pattern of development of the economies of Europe and the world in recent decades is a focus on sustainable … established as one of the goals of government policy in many countries of the world. The concept of sustainable development solves … planning, allow predicting the possible environmental consequences of economic growth in Europe and the world. The use of the …
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