The paper uses the consolidation of municipalities brought about by the Fascist dictatorship in Italy during the 1920s to gauge the role of the size of local jurisdictions for economic development. It finds that the consolidation was associated with relevant net welfare gains for the communities...

the aim of this P is to propose a state-of-the-art concerning the interaction between High-Speed Rail systems and the tourism market, in order to identify the possible best practices aiming to enhance the value of the tourist activities. This question arises because there are many projects of...

People?s quality of life in specific places is affected by their territories? characteristics and local agents? actions and interactions, as well as their responses to external influences. Formal and informal institutions contribute to shape those actions, interactions and responses. Following...

Collaboration among regional/local governments becomes more important for successful local economic development. It has emerged as an alternative to traditional competition-based strategies for local economic development. This study explores the degree of collaboration among local governments in...

This paper investigates the impact of broadband availability on economic activity as measured by local employment rates. Using panel data on broadband coverage in 8,460 West German municipalities for the period from 2005 to 2009, we find, in fixed effectsregressions, an overall positive, but...

International development agencies continue to influence the development agenda of many developing countries. One of the latest development strategies being promoted by these bodies is local economic development (LED). The introduction of contemporary LED practice, where local stakeholders and...

This paper reviews the research literature in the United States on effects of state and local "economic development incentives". Such incentives are tax breaks or grants, provided by state or local governments to individual firms, that are intended to affect firms' decisions about business...

ABSTRACTThe significance of Local economic development (LED) in South Africa has grown since the historicaldemocratic elections of 1994. At the same time the practice of urban branding has become widely notablesince the 1990’s. This research report specifically focuses on the implications of...

The objective of this research is to investigate worker profile of traditional industry and the influence of production factor to production. Furthermore, to know influence of industry born, level of education, and status of ownership of capital to benefit of owner and also know role and...

Creativity has become a key to economic competitiveness. However, the formation of creative labor, the social organization of production, and the operational mechanisms of the creative industry remain understudied. Existing studies overemphasize the role of information technology in the creative...