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Conceptual Model of Big Data Technologies Adoption in Smart Cities of the European Union

Pivar, Jasmina - 2020

Big data technologies enable cities to develop towards a smart city. However, the adoption of big data technologies is challenging, which is why it is essential to identify factors that influence the adoption of big data technologies in cities. The main goal of the paper is to propose a...

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The Stony Path of Management Geography

Suwala, Lech; Schlunze, Rolf D. - In: SIEM Bulletin 1 (2019) 1, pp. 1-5

Given their central role in economic decisionmaking at the firm-level, one might be inclined to assume that the role of Managers and of Management, would occupy a central place in the field of Economic Geography. In existing literature from the field, however, the ‘Manager’ remains a...

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Is There a Diminishing Value of Urban Amenities as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

van Vuuren, Aico - 2022

We investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic decreased the willingness to pay for urban amenities such as restaurants, cinemas and theaters. We do this by using a hedonic pricing model in combination with a time-gradient difference-in-difference approach. We use a data set that contains...

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Model selection procedures in bounds test of cointegration: Theoretical comparison and empirical evidence

Badshah, Waqar; Bulut, Mehmet - In: Economies 8 (2020) 2, pp. 1-23

Only unstructured single-path model selection techniques, i.e., Information Criteria, are used by Bounds test of cointegration for model selection. The aim of this paper was twofold; one was to evaluate the performance of these five routinely used information criteria {Akaike Information...

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Non-Economic Quality of Life and Population Density in South Africa

Greyling, Talita; Rossouw, Stephanié - 2016

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between population density and non-economic quality of life. Popular opinion has generally been that population density can be seen as beneficial for economic growth, as it allows for greater productivity, greater incomes and can...

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Housing for India's low-income urban households: A demand perspective

Roy, Debarpita - 2020

Housing, particularly for low income urban households, is a long-standing challenge in India. In 2012, 96 per cent of … the all India urban housing shortage of 18.78 million was confined to low-income economic groups. This study empirically … examines three facets of urban India's housing demand using the latest available nationally representative household data on …

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Tendências e desigualdades da mobilidade urbana no Brasil I: O uso do transporte coletivo e individual

Pereira, Rafael H. M.; Warwar, Lucas; Parga, João … - 2021

In this study we examine how the use of private and public transport has changed since the early 2000s in Brazilian cities. We analyzed data on the changing patterns of consumption of transportation goods and services by Brazilian families over the last 20 years. We also analyzed how urban...

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Education and COVID-19 excess mortality

Bello, Piera; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2021

We study the role of education during the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy. We compare the trends of mortality rates between municipalities with different shares of educated residents between 2012 and 2020, by means of a continuous event study model and controlling for many confounders. We find that...

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Intergenerational mobility in a recession: Evidence from Sweden

Nybom, Martin; Stuhler, Jan - 2021

We use complete-count register data to describe various features of intergenerational mobility in Sweden. First, we document the extent of regional variation in educational and income mobility across Swedish municipalities, and describe its spatial pattern. Second, we study the stability of such...

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Gentrification and Affordable Housing Policies

Borck, Rainald; Gohl, Niklas - 2021

temporary rent control policy in Berlin, Germany. We calibrate the model to key features of Berlin’s housing market, in … study alternative affordable housing policies such as subsidies and re-zoning policies, which are better suited to address …

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