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Regional convergence and divergence in Europe : patterns and regularities
Maurseth, Per Botolf - 2013
Many studies have focused on spatial patterns in economic growth. For the case of Europe, these studies have indicated that growth is spatially dependent and that clustering as well as de-clustering are parts of economic development processes. The distribution dynamics approach has revealed...
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Skilled scalable services : the new urban bias in economic growth
Eckert, Fabian; Ganapati, Sharat; Walsh, Conor - 2020
information-intensive service industries are responsible for all of this new urban bias in recent growth. We then propose a simple … of cities in skilled services. Quantitatively, our mechanism accounts for most of the urban biased growth of the U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012315946
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Catching Up, Leapfrogging or Forging Ahead? Exploring the Effects of Integration and History on Spatial Technological Adoptions
Giovannetti, Emanuele - 2013
This paper introduces a model of localised competition and technological adoption that produces interesting geographical adoption patterns: Persistent asymmetry, where nobody adopts, Leapfrogging where only followers adopt, Forging ahead where only leaders adopt and Catching up where everybody...
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Technological Dynamics and Social Capability : Comparing U.S. States and European Nations
Fagerberg, Jan - 2014
This paper analyzes factors that shape the technological capabilities of individual U.S. states and European countries, which are arguably comparable policy units. The analysis demonstrates convergence in technological capabilities from 2000 to 2007. The results indicate that social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066195
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Marshallian Sources of Relatedness, Technological Capabilities and Firm Productivity in China
Howell, Anthony - 2016
This paper investigates the relationship between technological relatedness and firm productivity and the role of firms' own technological capabilities in moderating that relationship. Importantly, proxies for the Marshallian sources of relatedness – input-output linkages, labour pooling, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979817
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Coping with increasing tides: technological change, agglomeration dynamics and climate hazards in an agent-based evolutionary model
Taberna, Alessandro; Filatova, Tatiana; Roventini, Andrea; … - 2021
reasons urban clustering occurs along coasts and rivers, which are prone to climate-induced flooding. To explore trade …
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The city paradox : skilled services and remote work
Althoff, Lukas; Eckert, Fabian; Ganapati, Sharat; … - 2020
The large cities in the US are the most expensive places to live. Paradoxically, this cost is disproportionately paid by workers who could work remotely, and live anywhere. The greater potential for remote work in large cities is mostly accounted for by their specialization in skill- and...
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Technological Dynamics and Social Capability : Comparing U.S. States and European Nations
Feldman, Maryann P.; Fagerberg, Jan; Srholec, Martin - 2014
This paper analyzes factors that shape the technological capabilities of individual U.S. states and European countries, which are arguably comparable policy units. The analysis demonstrates convergence in technological capabilities from 2000 to 2007. The results indicate that social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014041363
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Chapter 10. Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions
Lewis, Ethan; Peri, Giovanni - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 625-685). 2015
In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and …
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Does technological growth-induced migration lead to income convergence? The case of India’s early 2000s telecom boom
Dutta, Arnab; Randolph, Gregory - 2022
This paper demonstrates that India’s early 2000s mobile phone service expansion, or the “telecom boom” led to net rural-urban … income convergence, ceteris paribus. However, we find that telecom growth-induced mobility increased the inter-urban nominal … more likely to move to urban areas than those without STEM education, because of the telecom shock, even though both groups …
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