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We use U.S. county data (3,058 observations) and 41 conditioning variables to study growth and convergence. Using ordinary least squares (OLS) and three-stage least squares with instrumental variables (3SLS-IV), we report on the full sample and metro, nonmetro, and and regional samples: (1) OLS...
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The history of the International Colloquium on Regional Sciences reaches back to 1998. Over the years, its format has dramatically changed and the Colloquium has become a respected event, which attracts dozens of experts from the field of regional research every year. The contributions focus on...
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In Deutschland hat seit dem Jahr 2000 eine spürbare Konvergenz zwischen städtischen und ländlichen Regionen stattgefunden. Dieser Befund überrascht, da zuletzt vermeintlich abgehängte Regionen und scheinbar wachsende räumliche Disparitäten die öffentliche Diskussion bestimmten. Entgegen...
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Die regionale Wirtschaftskraft der 402 Kreise Deutschlands, gemessen an ihrer Bruttowertschöpfung pro Kopf, ist 2014 deutlich gleicher als 2000 verteilt. Das gilt auch für die 1 300 Regionen der EU – wobei allerdings innerhalb der alten EU-15-Staaten ein Anstieg der regionalen Ungleichheit...
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Der vorliegende Thünen-Report diskutiert die Ergebnisse einer Analyse des Branchenstrukturwandels in Deutschland auf Kreisebene. Im Zentrum steht die Frage danach, in welchem Ausmaß wirtschaftliche Entwicklung strukturell determiniert ist. Theoretisch wird ausgehend von der neuen...
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Economic growth is one of the ultimate goals of any economic system. The relationship between the development of the regions and economic growth of the state is a subject of long-time debates. The regional development is influenced by many factors that act differently depending on the region....
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We evaluate the impact of a place-based infrastructure development scheme directed towards India's most "backward" districts, on the performance of microenterprises. "Backward" districts were selected based on a transparent score-based assignment mechanism. Using a Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity...
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Die Berliner Wirtschaft hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren dynamisch entwickelt, die Industrie hat an diesem Wachstum aber kaum partizipiert. Das Engagement großer Industrieunternehmen lief zuletzt eher darauf hinaus, die Potentiale Berlins für die Entwicklung neuer Geschäftsmodelle und...
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Given that India's urban areas contribute to nearly two-thirds of its gross domestic product, even though they account for only 31% of the country's population, they have been rightly called the engines of India's growth. In this paper, I answer the following questions: What are the economic...
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This paper summarizes and expands the state-of-the-art understanding of the urbanization, development, environment, and inequality nexus. Economic growth/development, urbanization, and energy/electricity consumption are all highly correlated. While urbanization may be more evidence of economic...
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