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Urban spatial structure and economic growth in Spanish metropolitan areas : 1992-2008
Alamá, Luisa; Roig-Casanova, Marta; Forte, Anabel; … - 2011
There is a large literature on the existence of agglomeration economies, as shown in the surveys by Moomaw (1983) or Gerking (1993). The benefits of these economies arise from multiple sources, but some negative externalities might also emerge. Within the hierarchical urban system, cities at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527324
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Urban economic growth in Europe between 2001 and 2008 : gravitation or dispersion?
Neumann, Uwe; Budde, Rüdiger; Ehlert, Christoph - 2012
This paper examines what regional characteristics drove urban economic growth in Europe during the past decade …. Possible impacts on the new member states in Central Europe due to expansion of the European Union are accounted for by … comparison between two periods, before and after 2004. With a focus on cities, a more precise view of Europe-wide regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009670957
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Determinants of urbanization
Hofman, Anett; Wan, Guangha - 2013
In light of the United Nations' (UN) latest urbanization projections, par- ticularly with respect to India and the People's Republic of China, a good understanding is needed of what drives aggregate urbanization trends. Yet, previous literature has largely neglected the issue in favor of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781149
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Sector, globalization and urban economic growth : evidence from Bangalore (India)
Narayana, M. R. - 2010
This paper aims at economic analysis of economic globalization and urban growth of Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, as they are related to ICT sector. Overall analyses offer new insights and evidences for ICT sector as a major contributor for degree of economic globalization and urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662249
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Does the EU have a homogeneous urban structure area? : the role of agglomeration and the impact of (hypothetical) shocks on the EU urban structure
Modica, Marco - 2014
The urban structures between the Member States of the European Union is very different for historical, geographical, economic reasons. However, the population is spread across geographic areas in a way that, although continuously changing, is not possible to define as random. Indeed, countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503498
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Governance fragmentation and urban spatial expansion : evidence from Europe and the United States
Beghelli, Silvia; Guastella, Gianni; Pareglio, Stefano - 2019
fragmentation and the spatial size of cities in a sample of 180 metropolitan areas in the contexts of the US and Europe in the … administrative fragmentation impacts positively on land uptake in both the United States and Europe, although to different extents. …
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Looking for multiple equilibria in Russian urban system : this project (No 09-9041) was supported by the Economics Education and Research Consortium and funded by GDN
Michajlova, Tatjana - 2011
This paper studies the effect of forced labor relocation in GULAG, and the losses during the WWII on the long-term dynamics of city growth in the USSR. The main goal is to test whether the impact of Stalinist policies and the WWII on economic geography of the USSR persists in long run, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399080
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Development, growth and decline in Europe : new patterns of economic convergence and divergence? : 53th Congress of the European Regional Science Association
Cornett, Andreas P.; Sørensen, Nils Karl - 2013 - Preliminary version
in the overall economic trends in Europe in a regional context. In addition, in influence of innovation on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575750
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Regional income convergence in Europe : a Bayesian model averaging perspective : 52th European Congress of the Regional Science Association International August 21-25, 2012, Bratis...
Gmeinder, Michael; Piribauer, Philipp; Schoiswohl, Florian - 2012
The speed of income convergence in Europe remains one of the hot topics in regional economics. Recently Bayesian Model …., Feldkircher, M. (2012), 'Spatial Filtering, Model Uncertainty and the Speed of Income Convergence in Europe', Journal of Applied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509195
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Market potential and distance decay : growth and decline of sectors across locations in urban regions
Klaesson, Johan; Johansson, Börje - 2013
This paper introduces a model which identifies the economic activity of each local economy (location) and observes the time distance between each pair of locations as well as the average time distance between sub locations in each local economy. The study focuses on five categories of firms:...
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