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Cities in a pandemic : evidence from China
Baltagi, Badi H.; Deng, Ying; Li, Jing; Yang, Zhenlin - 2022
This paper studies the impact of urban density, city government efficiency, and medical resources on COVID-19 infection and death outcomes in China. We adopt a simultaneous spatial dynamic panel data model to account for (i) the simultaneity of infection and death outcomes, (ii) the spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013419317
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Global economic crisis, austerity and neoliberal urban governance in England
Meegan, Richard; Kennett, Patricia; Jones, Gerwyn; … - In: Cambridge journal of regions economy and society 7 (2014) 1, pp. 137-153
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The depths of the cuts : the uneven geography of local government austerity
Gray, Mia; Barford, Anna - In: Cambridge journal of regions economy and society 11 (2018) 3, pp. 541-563
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Austerity urbanism, local government debt-drive, and post COVID predicaments in Britain
Dagdeviren, Hulya - In: Journal of economic geography 24 (2024) 1, pp. 79-94
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COVID-19 in city and municipal area : socio-economic analysis in Khulna, Bangladesh
Haque, Md. Nazmul; Nitu, S. K. Farjana Faruk; Hasan, Mehedi - In: International journal of social economics 50 (2023) 9, pp. 1248-1273
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Firm behaviour and public infrastructure : the case of Hungary
Békés, Gábor; Muraközy, Balázs - 2005
productivity of firms. Development indicators include local research and development activity or education while policy decisions … large national panel of firms. Importantly, such a rich dataset has rarely been employed for productivity and location … choice exercises. The paper is composed of two sections dealing with location choice and productivity, respectively and we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011560700
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Do mergers of large local governments reduce expenditures? : evidence from Germany using the synthetic control method
Rösel, Felix - 2016
States merge small and medium sized municipalities to achieve economies of scale. Little is known to which extent mergers of large local governments reduce expenditures. I use the synthetic control method to identify the effect of mergers of county-sized administrations in Germany (districts) on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542219
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Incentive Schemes for Local Government : Theory and Evidence from Comprehensive Performance Assessment in England
Lockwood, Ben - 2011
This paper studies Comprehensive Performance Assessment, an explicit incentive scheme for local government in England. Motivated by a simple theoretical political agency model, we predict that CPA should increase service quality and local taxation, but have an ambiguous effect on the efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124097
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Incentive schemes for local government : theory and evidence from comprehensive performance assessment in England
Lockwood, Ben; Porcelli, Francesco - 2011
This paper studies Comprehensive Performance Assessment, an explicit incentive scheme for local government in England. Motivated by a simple theoretical political agency model, we predict that CPA should increase service quality and local taxation, but have an ambiguous effect on the efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009130172