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Regional investment under uncertain costs of location
Broll, Udo; Roldán-Ponce, Antonio; Wahl, Jack E. - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2012
upon the firms' risk preferences. As a result regional agglomeration of investments may occur although the objective of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010984383
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On the endogeneity of an exogenous OCA-criterion : the impact of specialisation on the synchronisation of regional business cycles in Europe
Belke, Ansgar; Heine, Jens Michael - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001
This paper empirically assesses the impact of specialisation on the synchronisation of regional business cycles in two core countries of EMU, namely France and Germany. Several specialisation indices are introduced and some first stylised facts about interregional business cycle correlations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985045
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Glocalisation, foreign direct investment and regional development perspectives : empirical results for West German regions
Knödler, Hermann; Albertshauser, Ulrich - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001
The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German regions in the process of globalisation. Public statistics do not provide FDI data on a regional basis. Therefore our study was based on indicators based on the data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985054
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Agglomeration, Spatial Interaction and Convergence in the EU
Bräuninger, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005
We investigate the convergence process among EU regions between 1980-2002 taking into account the effects of spatial heterogeneity and spatial spillover effects. The spatial regimes model allows for different steady-state growth paths. In contrast to previous analyses, the regimes in this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985102
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Shale gas and regional economic development: Enhancing local economic impact
Whyman, Philip B - In: Local Economy 30 (2015) 2, pp. 215-230
The expansion of shale gas extraction has been supported by the UK national government because of predicted economic benefits. However, what is largely missing from this analysis is an estimation of local and regional economic impact. This paper seeks to contribute to the deliberations of local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203154
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Patterns of business location in Auckland
Maré, David C.; Coleman, Andrew - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2011
We investigate the spatial determinants of industrial location and productivity variation within the Auckland Urban Area. For over 300 local areas, we consider the influence on location choice and productivity of proximity to selected infrastructure, local services, and consumption amenities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010562429
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Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
Glaeser, Edward Ludwig; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2012
Measures of entrepreneurship, such as average establishment size and the prevalence of start-ups, correlate strongly with employment growth across and within metropolitan areas, but the endogeneity of these measures bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010567252
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Ein neues Stadtmodell für die postindustrielle Stadt? : Eine sozialräumliche Untersuchung französischer Städte
Schwabe, Markus - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004852172
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On Clustering in the Location of R&D: Statics and Dynamics
Cowan, Robin; Cowan, William - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 6 (1998) 2-3, pp. 201-230
space, with litlle regard to externality effects; followed by a slow re-agglomeration process as producers change their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009200593
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An Empirical Analysis of Agglomeration Effect in the Japanese Food Industry -Panel Analysis Using Flexible Translog Production Function-
Kageyama, Masahiro; Tokunaga, Suminori; Akune, Yuko - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
In this paper, we examine the existence of agglomeration effect on production in the Japanese food industry from 1985 … to 2000 using plant-level 4-digit subclassification, panel dataset and new agglomeration index in Akune and Tokunaga … function and cost share equation as suggested by Kim (1992), we find that around 2% of positive agglomeration effect exists in …
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