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Regional convergence and divergence in Europe : patterns and regularities
Maurseth, Per Botolf - 2013
Many studies have focused on spatial patterns in economic growth. For the case of Europe, these studies have indicated that growth is spatially dependent and that clustering as well as de-clustering are parts of economic development processes. The distribution dynamics approach has revealed...
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Development gaps in the Sud Muntenia region of Romania
Iordan, Marioara; Albu, Lucian-Liviu; Ghizdeanu, Ion; … - 2013
Development gaps are a common feature throughout the regions of the European Union, and Romania is no exception. Despite all the political and financial efforts, the convergence process is lengthy and complex, and the gaps with the deepest economic and social roots are the most difficult to be...
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Regional convergence and R&D investment : applied investigation in Portugal : ERSA 55th Congress : World renaissance: changing roles for people and places : Lisbon, Portugal 25-28...
Guerreiro, Gertrudes Saudés; Guerreiro, António - 2015
R&D investments are seen has having an enormous potential impact on the competitive position of regions and perhaps on regional convergence (or divergence) too. The aim of the paper is to study both the localization of R&D investments and regional income distribution among the NUTs 3 regions of...
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The impact of structural and macroeconomic factors on regional productivity
D'Costa, Sabine; Garcilazo, Enrique; Oliveira-Martins, … - 2012
We aim to understand the impact of nation-wide structural policies such as product market regulation and employment protection legislation and that of macroeconomic factors such as trade exposure, inflation and the level of government debt on the economic growth of regions in the OECD. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509185
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The impact of the economic crisis on the regional disparities in Croatia : paper prepared for: 54th ERSA Congress, 26 - 29 August 2014 - St. Petersburg, Russia
Fröhlich, Zlatan; Đokić, Irena; Rašić Bakarić, Ivana - 2014
The economic crisis has affected the EU regions very differently over the last five years, depending on the region's strengths or weaknesses, its sectoral structure and the response of national and regional governments. In some countries, downturns can lead to narrower interregional disparities,...
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Income convergence, migration and geography : distribution analysis of regions in Norway
Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll - 2010
Empirical evidence about income convergence among regions and countries is inconclusive and it is necessary to clarify the economic and institutional conditions for convergence. We investigate movements in the income distribution among regions in an integrated market with high mobility of labor,...
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The Determinants of productivity distribution across European regions
Fiaschi, Davide; Lavezzi, Andrea Mario; Parenti, Angela - 2010 - Preliminary version
This paper proposes a methodology which combines elements of parametric regression analysis with the nonparametric distribution dynamics approach in order to analyse the role of some variables in the convergence of productivity across European regions over the period 1980-2002. We find that the...
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The emergence of convergence clubs among Greek regions : 50th ERSA Congress, 19th - 23rd August 2010
Artelaris, Panagiotis; Kallioras, Dimitris; Petrakos, … - 2010
The evaluation of regional inequalities and the monitoring of their evolution (regional convergence/divergence analysis) is an issue of extreme interest in the field of regional science as it demonstrates the role of market dynamics and appraises the effectiveness of regional policy. Extending...
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Innovation, income and regional development : an assessment of the importance of differences in regional potentials
Cornett, Andreas P.; Sørensen, Nils Karl - 2016
The purpose of the current paper is to analyze the impact of regional potentials on the process of growth. How are different types of regions (e.g. medium sized [city] regions, rural regions, urban regions or metropolitan and high-tech cluster regions) affected by improved performance, and to...
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Role of spatial dispersion of creative capital for understanding regional differences in Spain
Kerimoglu, Ebru; Karahasan, Burhan Can - 2011
factor behind the differences in Spain. There are high regional differences in terms of creative employment endowments and … there are hot spots in mostly the north eastern geography of Spain. Creative capital is spatially unequal. In line with … unequal pattern and general regional differences in Spain. There is similarity between the geographical patterns in regional …
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