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overcompensated by congestion effects. However, the effects of diversity and competition does remain highly positive, we therefore do …
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The recent history of Europe is characterized by a dual picture showing the Old and New countries in sharp contrast with respect to their industrial specialisation and economic performance. We aim at analyzing the intertwined performance of regions and industries in New and Old European...
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Empirical research on agglomeration and regional economic growth puts high emphasis on the impact of specialization, diversity, and competition on regional employment dynamics (Glaeser et al. 1992, Henderson et al. 1995, Blien et al. 2006, Fuchs 2009). However, Beugelsdijk (2006) and Raspe/van...
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Almost 30 years after German reunification, a persistent gap in different firm performance measures exists between East and West Germany. In this paper I focus on the differences in new German manufacturing plants' location choices across the German district-free cities and districts and...
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The paper accounts for the determinants of inward foreign direct investment in business services across the EU-27 regions. Together with the traditional variables considered in the literature (market size, market quality, agglomeration economies, labour cost, technology, human capital), we focus...
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The goal of this paper is the estimation of the effect of accidents on traffic congestion and vice versa. In order to … causal effect of accidents on traffic congestion and vice versa. The estimation draws on panel data methods that have … congestion and road accidents would yield multiplicative benefits for policies that aim at reducing either of them. In addition …
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