This paper analyzes the e ffect of regional income inequality within countries on individual life satisfaction. We use data from the World Values Survey (WVS) and the European Values Survey (EVS) containing approximately 97,000 observations from 1981-2008. Regional income inequality is measured...

We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade on interregional inequality within countries. We estimate a model derived from a structural economic geography approach where interregional inequality depends on weighted trade shares and trade costs and where we can derive an...

This paper studies the influence of interregional inequality within countries on internal conflicts. Regional inequalities are measured by the population-weighted coefficient of variation of regional GDP per capita. As the main innovation, I use a panel data set of country-level regional...

Christian Leßmann und Arne Steinkraus, Technische Universität Braunschweig, zeigen, dass die Technologie des CCS durch das gezielte Abscheiden von Kohlendioxid aus Kraftwerksabgasen und die anschließende unterirdische Speicherung desselben, trotz hoher Kosten, dazu beitragen kann, die...

Antje-Mareike Dietrich, Christian Leßmann und Arne Steinkraus, Technische Universität Braunschweig, kommen bei ihrer Beurteilung der Subvention für Elektroautos zu dem Ergebnis, dass die Einführung der Kaufprämie kein geeignetes Mittel ist, um die Klimabilanz des Verkehrssektors im Sinne...

We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade on interregional inequality within countries. While most studies focus on single countries and only some use a small panel of countries, we use the two largest databases available to examine these issues. One database is provided...

This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data set which covers 56 countries at different stages of economic development. Cross-section and panel data estimations show that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in...

This paper studies the influence of interregional inequality within countries on internal con-flicts. Regional inequalities are measured by the population-weighted coefficient of variation of regional GDP per capita. As the main innovation, I use a panel data set of country-level re- gional...

Foreign direct investments (FDI) are an important determinant of economic growth. Countries try to attract mobile capital in order to foster economic development, albeit FDI might increase regional inequality since the many different regions of a country usually do not receive FDI in equal...