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Local economies and general elections : the influence of municipal and regional economic conditions on voting in Sweden 1985-2002

Elinder, Mikael - 2010

This paper presents a detailed analysis of voters‟ responses to municipality and regional-level unemployment and economic growth, using panel data on 284 municipalities and 9 regions, covering Swedish general elections from 1982 to 2002. The preferred specification suggests that a reduction in...

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Regional investments in Southern European cities

Metaxas, Theodore - In: Spoudai : journal of economics and business 61 (2011) 1/2, pp. 55-79

The article examines the capacity of four medium-sized cities in Southern Europe, concerning the current situation of their assets (agglomeration economies, urban infrastructures, factors of labor and cost, etc.), the degree of development policies implementation and effectiveness by local...

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EU structural funds and regional income convergence : a sobering experience

Breidenbach, Philipp; Mitze, Timo; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2016

The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) are the prime instrument of EU regional policy. European policy makers place considerable hope into their growth stimulating funding measures to overcome current economic stagnation. Consequently, there is a strong need for credible evidence...

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Sources of knowledge and innovation : an empirical text at a Pan-European regional level

Barrutia, José M.; Echebarria, Carmen - 2013

Innovation performance seems to rely on efficiently integrating and extending different pieces of various types of knowledge emerging from diverse external sources. Different research traditions have stressed both formal (FSK) and informal sources of knowledge (ISK) as innovation performance...

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Population allocation in resource-based economy areas and entrepreneurship support

Bukharova, Evgenya; Vorontsova, Irina; Ferova, Irina; … - 2014

's economy. ? The system of focal allocation of population in resource regions with a significant differentiation of living and …. ? The formation of an optimal backbone for the population allocation system in these areas will require the use of intra …-regional shift work, which will facilitate the involvement of working population of the already existing settlements of the Krai into …

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Coherence of the EU cohesion policy and national regional policy : the case of the Czech Republic

Novosák, Jiří - 2014

There is a high research and political interest in regional disparities now. Regional disparities are at the heart of prominent theories of regional development as well as of the ambitious project of European integration. Moreover, regional policies at various spatial levels are formulated in...

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The Greater Paris : a plan for a global city : ERSA 54th Congress : Regional development & globalisation: best practices : Saint Petersburg, Russia, 26-29 August 2014 : special ses...

Bourdeau-Lepage, Lise - 2014

Over the last decade or so, the debate on the planning and development of the Paris (Île-de-France) region has revolved around two little words: "Grand Paris", or Greater Paris. Despite existing political and scientific controversies surrounding the future of the capital region, three major...

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Endogenous or exogenous innovation development in industry on regional level?

Świadek, Arkadiusz - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 9 (2013) 4, pp. 70-85

At the moment endogenous growth theory has become increasingly popular in the world of science, particularly in developed countries. This article aims to show, for two regions case, the needs and sense of applying this theory in the polish regions. Due to the low level of economic development of...

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Regional Underdevelopment and Less Developed Business Ecosystems : The Case of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Vlados, Charis - 2020

This article aims to highlight the different facets of the relative socio-economic underdevelopment of the Greek region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. It explores initially regional analysis data, leading to the conclusion that the region does indeed face comparative weaknesses as it exhibits...

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Evaluating and Disseminating Experiences in Local Economic Development : Observations on Integrated Development Programmes of the Free State, Republic of South Africa

Davis, Junior R. - 2006

The aim of this paper is to assess the degree to which the components of the Rural Economic and Enterprise Development (REED) framework have been incorporated into integrated development planning (IDP) or into strategic local economic development (LED) plans. The paper also provides an...

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