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Agglomeration and growth : evidence from the regions of Central and Eastern Europe

Vogel, Johanna - 2012 - This version: May 2012

This paper examines the empirical relationship between agglomeration and economic growth for a panel of 48 Central and Eastern European regions from 1995 to 2006. By agglomeration, we mean the within-regional concentration of aggregate economic activity, which we measure using the 'topographic'...

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The viability of global optimization for parameter estimation in spatial econometrics models

Wachowiak, Mark; Wachowiak-Smolíková, Renata; … - 2012

important in spatial econometrics, where spatial interaction and structure are introduced into regression analysis. Because of …, which may further improve parameter estimation in spatial econometrics applications. …

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Indicators of real convergence and their application

Pecican, Eugen Ştefan - 2010

Measurable aspects of the economic convergence of EU countries form the main topic of this paper. For this purpose, statistical and econometric methods are presented and applied for revealing characteristic elements of such a process. A first group of methods refers mainly to aspects such as:...

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A spatial Diff-in-Diff analysis of the impact of sugarcane producion on respiratory diseases

Chagas, André Luis Squarize; Azzoni, Carlos Roberto; … - 2015

The production of ethanol and sugar from sugarcane has sharply increased in Brazil in the last 20 years, in a process of substitution of biofuel for fossil fuels. The increase in the production and the expansion of the cultivated area might have impacts on human health and employment, especially...

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The spatial convergence of knowledge in Portugal

Guerreiro, Gertrudes Saudés; Caleiro, António - 2015

Human resources are an essential element in territorial development. When the same are characterized by a high level of training are enhancers of a series of effects which are essential in the relationship between territorial and social cohesion. In this regard, the existence of higher education...

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A note on the proper econometric specification of the gravity equation

Egger, Peter - 1999

Since the revival of the gravity literature in the early nineties most work has been done with cross-section data. Just a few more recent contributions made use of panel data. So far that research left open the question whether to treat time and country effects as random or fixed. This note...

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Understanding the election results in Portugal : a spatial econometrics point of view

Caleiro, António; Guerreiro, Gertrudes Saudés - 2003

of those empirical studies use spatial econometrics techniques. This being said, the main objective of the paper is to …, by the use of well-known techniques of spatial econometrics. The confrontation of the results with the ones obtained … by spatial econometrics techniques in what concerns the detection of empirical evidence supporting the existence of a …

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Pobreza, deforestación y pérdida de la biodiversidad en Guatemala : un análisis empírico y algunas sugerencias de política económica

Löning, Ludger J.; Markussen, Michael - 2003

Poverty, Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss in Guatemala. This paper explores the causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Guatemala and is organized into 4 parts. First, an overview about deforestation in Guatemala from 1950-2000 is provided, and the relationship between deforestation...

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Deriving bounds on the structural vector when the measurement errors are correlated : an elaboration of the Frisch/Reiersøl approach

Willassen, Yngwe - 1998

In the general linear errors-in-variables model the main results have been derived under the assuption that the measurement errors are uncorrelated. However, as recognized by Bekker, Kapteyn and Wansbeek (BKW) (1997) and Lach (1993) this is often a problematic assumption to maintain in empirical...

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Coherence, efficiency, and independence of the EU environmental policy system : results of complementary statistical and econometric analyses

Zagonari, Fabio - 2015

This paper presents the first empirical test of coherence (i.e., consistency of policies within a framework), efficiency (i.e., ability of policies to meet their objectives), and independence (i.e., logical priority of objectives over policies) of the overall EU environmental policy system. To...

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