The phenomenon of non-random spatial concentrations of firms in one or few related sectors (clusters) is intensively debated in economic theory and policy. The euphoria about successful clusters however neglects that historically, many thriving clusters did deteriorate into old industrial areas....

Landwirtschaftliche Produkte sind in Deutschland und Europa so billig wie nie - zahlreiche Betriebe können trotz agrarischer Rationalisierung und Subventionierung wirtschaftlich kaum überleben; zugleich ist die konventionelle industrialisierte Landwirtschaft, der wir unsere sichere...

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the structural change effects or labor reallocation effects on the regional disparity in productivity growth in India and the People's Republic of China (PRC). The paper uses secondary data at the state level in India and provinces in the...