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The commonly-used satellite images of nighttime lights fail to capture the true brightness of most cities. We show that night lights are a reliable proxy for economic activity at the city level, provided they are first corrected for top-coding. We present a stylized model of urban luminosity and...
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innovation economics and development policy. We study the economic transition of the PR China from an agrarian country to a high … provinces and autonomous regions of the P.R. China, we also show that there are systematic relations between micro-level and …
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The commonly-used satellite images of nighttime lights fail to capture the true brightness of most cities. We show that night lights are a reliable proxy for economic activity at the city level, provided they are first corrected for top-coding. We present a stylized model of urban luminosity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018102
, across the core Member States, we observe a dramatic increase in employment disparities that have been pushing inequality … upwards over the last decade. On a regional level, aggregate within-country inequality is determined by employment differences … between regions. Nevertheless, there are large increases in inequality as regards the distribution of regional productivity in …
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The paper aims to build a bridge between the New Economic Geography and Malthusian theory. Both theories seek to explain the phenomenon of agglomeration processes: Malthusian theory through first nature effects; the New Economic Geography through second nature effects. Using a methodology based...
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The main item of agreement between the 'new' and 'old' economic geography is the role of increasing returns in regional economic development. This provides a focal point for the model of this paper, which aims to highlight the existence of a 'third way' somewhere between the analysis provided by...
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more traditional. Dispersion and decentralization of industries to achieve lower income inequality between provinces would …
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The commonly-used satellite images of nighttime lights fail to capture the true brightness of most cities. We show that night lights are a reliable proxy for economic activity at the city level, provided they are first corrected for top-coding. We present a stylized model of urban luminosity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892172
strength are strongly linked to higher business entry rates. Our results for China contrast with recent findings on the effects …
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strength are strongly linked to higher business entry rates. Our results for China contrast with recent findings on the effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480854