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Spatial Externalities and Growth in a Mankiw-Romer-Weil World : Theory and Evidence
Fischer, Manfred M. - 2017
This paper presents a theoretical growth model that accounts for technological interdependence among regions in a Mankiw-Romer-Weil world. The reasoning behind the theoretical work is that technological ideas cannot be fully appropriated by investors and these ideas may diffuse and increase the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965575
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A new global index on infrastructure : construction, rankings and applications
Donaubauer, Julian; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2014
We construct comprehensive and comparable indices on the most relevant components of economic infrastructure. An … period 1990-2010. We map major findings from the new indices on infrastructure and provide country rankings, which we also … compare with subjective assessments of infrastructure in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report. Finally, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010361439
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Infrastructure and trade : a gravity analysis for major trade categories using a new index of infrastructure
Donaubauer, Julian; Glas, Alexander; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2016
Making use of considerably improved measures of infrastructure, we assess the impact of infrastructure on bilateral …-linear effects of overall infrastructure and infrastructure in transportation, communication, energy, and finance on trade in … of the gravity model. Importantly, we still observe significant and non-linear effects of infrastructure on bilateral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410524
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Urban agenda and urban sustainability strategies : taking stock of policy implementation and policy discussion
Barnebeck, Stephanie; Kalff, Yannick - 2015
Socio-ecological transitions are a main project, current EU policies, national environmental politics, and regional as well as local action address. Manifold approaches exist and the European Union is anxious to coordinate and facilitate the process of a consolidated transition. Therefore, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011341240
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Density, Cities and Air Pollution : A Global View
Castells-Quintana, David; Dienesch, Elisa; Krause, Melanie - 2020
In this paper, we take a global view at air pollution looking at countries and cities worldwide. In doing so, we revisit the relationship between population density and air pollution, using i) a large panel of countries with data from 1960 to 2010, and ii) a unique and large sample of more than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014092027
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Where smart meets sustainability : the role of smart governance in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in cities
Giuliodori, Andrea; Berrone, Pascual; Ricart i Costa, … - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 26 (2023) 1, pp. 27-44
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seek to achieve economic, social, and environmental progress globally. However, trade-offs among these three pillars might occur, particularly in the context of cities. We argue that these trade-offs exist because the traditional factors of production for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014281534
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Economic growth and pollution in different political regimes
Kammerlander, Andreas - 2022
4207 I examine the association between nighttime light luminosity and ten pollution measures (CO2, CO, NOx,SO2, NMVOC, NH3, BC, OC, PM10 and PM2.5) across different political regimes at a local level. Although the effects of the political system and economic growth on pollution have been widely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013438715
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Governance, urbanization, and pollution : a cross-country analysis of global south region
Dash, Devi Prasad; Ranjan Behera, Smruti; Rao, D. Tripati; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-24
This paper investigates the impact urbanization, industrialization, corruption, human development, energy consumption, and foreign direct investment (FDI) on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of 61 developing economies of the global south region of Asia, Africa, and Latin America during the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012215213
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Designing a New Development Finance Institution for Infrastructure
Natarajan, Gulzar - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844324
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What Infrastructure ‘Crisis’?
McGee, Robert W. - 2021
This paper cites statistics published by the World Economic Forum and concludes that there is no infrastructure crisis … infrastructure, which places it firmly in the top 8 percent in terms of infrastructure development. Thus, it is not reasonable to … argue or conclude that there is an infrastructure crisis …
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