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Good governance problems and recent financial crises in some EU countries
Gamberger, Dragan; Smuc, Tomislav - 2013
This study examines 147 banking crises in the period of 1976-2011 documented by the International Monetary Fund. The countries affected by crises are analysed in respect of publicly available World Bank indicators in the periods of three years before the crises. Machine learning methodology for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774893
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Good governance problems and recent financial crises in some EU countries
Gamberger, Dragan; Smuc, Tomislav - 2013
The starting point for the research has been the list of 147 banking crises within the period 1976–2011 prepared by the International Monetary Fund. The countries with crises have been analysed with respect to publicly available World Bank indicators in the periods of three years before the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010200390
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Kalòs kai agathòs? : government quality and cultural heritage in the regions of Europe
Bertacchini, Enrico; Revelli, Federico - 2019
This paper uses panel data on over 200 regions of Europe to study the spatial distribution of UNESCO sites and the capacity of regional governments to conserve heritage, using new designations in the World Heritage List as a proxy. We test whether the location of a region matters by controlling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001843
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Regional inequality, convergence, and its determinants : a view from outer space
Lessmann, Christian; Seidel, André - 2015 - This version: 16.04.2015
This paper provides a new data set of regional income inequalities within countries based on satellite nighttime light data. We first empirically study the relationship between luminosity data and regional incomes for those countries where regional income data are available. We subsequently use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515477
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Agglomeration, inequality and economic growth : cross-section and panel data analysis
Castells Quintana, David; Royuela, Vicente - 2012
The effects of inequality on economic growth depend on several factors. On one hand, they depend on the time horizon considered, on the initial level of income and on its initial distribution. But, on the other hand, as growth and inequality are also uneven across space, it also seems relevant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515023
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Spatial inequality and development : is there an inverted-U relationship?
Lessmann, Christian - 2011 - This version: October 2011
This paper studies the hypothesis of an inverted-U-shaped relationship between spatial inequality and economic development. The theory of Kuznets (1955) and Williamson (1965) suggests that (spatial) inequality first increases in the process of development, then peaks, and then decreases. To test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009355133
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Regional Inequality, Convergence, and its Determinants - A View from Outer Space
Lessmann, Christian - 2015
This paper provides a new data set of regional income inequalities within countries based on satellite nighttime light data. We first empirically study the relationship between luminosity data and regional incomes for those countries where regional income data are available. We subsequently use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023191
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Budget Institutions and Government Effectiveness
Dahan, Momi - 2017
Do budget institutions play a role in explaining why government effectiveness is higher in some advanced countries than … budget centralization has a negative and significant effect on government effectiveness in OECD countries after accounting … similar effectiveness in tax collections. The negative impact of budget centralization seems to bite especially at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965640
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Regional inequality and decentralization : an empirical analysis
Lessmann, Christian - 2011
This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data set which covers 56 countries at different stages of economic develop-ment. Cross-section and panel data estimations show that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295332
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The Geography of Oversight
Turner, Sidney C. - 2012
A small but growing body of empirical research underscores the relationship between a city's status as a political capital and its status within an urban hierarchy. Both theoretical and empirical work has attributed this to the agglomeration effects of government activity in the capital. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187060