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We provide empirical evidence of the dynamics of city size distribution for the whole of the twentieth century in U.S. cities and metropolitan areas. We focus our analysis on the new cities that were created during the period of analysis. The main contribution of this paper, therefore, is the...
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The paper presents an analysis of real income convergence between the 11 countries of Central Eastern Europe which have … joined the European Union (EU11) and 15 countries of Western Europe (EU15) in the period 1993-2015. The evolution of the … average GDP per capita level seen in Western Europe. The third scenario, based on a long-term economic forecast for the EU …
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In this letter I summarise the main results and contributions from my Ph.D. thesis on concentration of resources and economic development. The empirical analysis performed in the thesis, and summarised here, focuses on two mayor world trends in modern economic development, namely increasing...
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honour his memory and life-long work and to discuss his ideas in relation to pension reforms in Europe. In the course of 5 … issues of transition (4) lessons and outlook on pension reforms in Europe (5) alternatives for pension reform in Luxembour … strategy to catch up with the US by 2010 to make Europe the most competitive region in the world economy. European Union …
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across the EU regions. Thus, we show how Cultural Gravity exerts an important impact on the cohesion process in Europe. …
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This paper proposes a neoclassical growth model of a small open economy, connecting international trade to real GDP growth and structural transformation from agriculture to non-agriculture. The calibrated model generates 'growth miracles,' to which the contributors are learning by doing and...
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Major events have reshaped the internal population flows of Eurasia, including the breakup of the Soviet Union, the development of market economies, and the rising influence of regional powers. Looking ahead, policy makers need to promote reforms to make Eurasian cities the main drivers of...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Where the Streets Are Paved with Gold -- 2. A Theory of Urban Wealth -- 3. Markets -- 4. Competitive Financial Centres -- 5. Economic Growth, Production, and Consumption -- 6. The Ecology of Urban Economies -- 7....
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A new urban revolution begun in the second half of the XX century and it is going to challenge the relation between the size and economic role of cities: on one side, the last decades have witnessed the emergence and the never seen growth of a number of Mega-cities, with more than 9 million...
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