Hungarian Abstract:Napjainkban igen sok sikeres példa bizonyítja, hogy az egyetemek komoly szerepet tölthetnek be egy-egy térség versenyképességének javításában. A modern gazdasági fejlődés megkívánja, hogy a fokozott társadalmi és gazdasági szerepvállalás következtében az...

The presence of developed regional transport and telecommunication infrastructure is considered a factor that can directly or indirectly contribute to regional competitiveness, especially in the age of digitalization. Through this phenomenon, we embrace a world that is becoming more connected...

We investigate the sources of productivity convergence using panel data for the Spanish regions. As a framwork, we develop a simple descriptive growth model which allows for factor accumulation, technological diffusion and rate effects from human capital and which includes fixed regional effects...

We document substantial within-country (cross-municipality) differences in incomes for a large number of countries in the Americas. A significant fraction of the within-country differences cannot be explained by observed human capital. We conjecture that the sources of within-country and...

In this article I study regional growth and sub-national income convergence in India in the context of economic reforms that have been undertaken since 1991. I also examine convergence in development inputs such as population growth, literacy and investment at the sub-national level. My results...

Il capitale territoriale è definito dal sistema di risorse territoriali di natura economica, culturale, sociale e ambientale, che costituisce il potenziale di sviluppo di un luogo. Questo lavoro si propone di misurare la dotazione di capitale territoriale delle province italiane. Il suo...

We document substantial within-country (cross-municipality) differences in incomes for a large number of countries in the Americas. A significant fraction of the within-country differences cannot be explained by observed human capital. We conjecture that the sources of within-country and...

European cohesion policy entails predominantly the funding of infrastructure and employment projects in lagging regions of EU Member States. It involves the distribution of more than 35 billion euro annually, making it the second most important EU policy in budgetary terms. Its main aim is to...

A new panel method is applied to the case of Chinese provinces to analyze the existence of club convergence in terms of per capita income, labor productivity, capital intensity, and total factor productivity from 1952 to 2008. The advantage of this approach is that it takes into account the...

A new panel method is applied to the case of Chinese provinces to analyze the existence of club convergence in terms of per capita income, labor productivity, and capital intensity, from 1952 to 2008. The advantage of this approach is that it takes into account the heterogeneity of Chinese...