Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 5,366
Cover Image
Space and growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342567
Cover Image
Schumpeterian growth with technological interdependence : an application to US states
Deeken, Tim - 2015
In this paper, the Schumpeterian growth model developed by Ertur and Koch (2011) that includes spatial interactions between units of observation working via R&D spillovers is presented in detail. The implications of this model and three additional growth models with and without spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379935
Cover Image
Spatio-temporal analysis of regional systems : a multiregional spatial vector autoregressive model for Spain
Ramajo Hernández, Julián; Márquez, Miguel A.; … - 2013
This paper contributes to the recent literature in spatial econometrics that focuses on space-time data modeling implementing a multi-location time-series statistical framework to analyze a regional system. Therefore, taking as a point of departure the Global Vector Autoregression approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011616934
Cover Image
Interregional spillovers and urban-rural disparity in U.S. employment growth
Saito, Hisamitsu; Gopinath, Munisamy; Wu, JunJie - 2010
A wide urban-rural disparity is observed in employment growth in the United States. For example, employment growth averaged 2.1 percent in urban counties during 1998-2007, compared with just 1 percent in rural counties. In this study, we examine the sources of U.S. employment growth using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573731
Cover Image
Trends in the relation between regional convergence and economic growth in EU
Albu, Lucian-Liviu - 2016
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between regional convergence inside of countries in EU and … the correlation between the convergence process and economic growth we focused, as it is usually used in specialised … literature to analyse the real convergence, on the dynamics of GDP per capita expressed in case of EU by PPS (Purchasing Power …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011866850
Cover Image
Do Fiscal Transfers Foster Regional Economic Growth?
Mose, Naftaly - 2021
Fiscal transfer development across the world today has been in part driven by assertions of a supposed ‘economic dividend’ linked with the devolved financial spending. There is, however, little empirical evidence to validate these assertions in Kenya. It is against this background that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212842
Cover Image
The impact of local decentralization on economic growth: evidence from U.S. counties
Hammond, George W.; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2009
We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276862
Cover Image
Agglomeration and Growth : The Effects of Commuting Costs
Accetturo, Antonio - 2008
We present a model of industrial location and endogenous growth with congestion costs. According to the interplay between knowledge spillovers and commuting costs, we are able to obtain both a Krugman-type and a bell-shaped agglomeration outcome. In the first case, the economy experiences a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012722790
Cover Image
Institutions Versus Geography : Subnational Evidence from the United States
Clifton, Eric V. - 2006
Empirical studies of the impact of geography and institutions on growth and development at the international level have become common place, but the high degree of abstraction at that level has led to calls for subnational studies. This paper examines these issues for a region of the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779512
Cover Image
Space and Growth : A Survey of Empirical Evidence and Methods
Abreu, Maria; de Groot, Henri L. F.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014068117