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The effect of EU structural funds on regional growth: assessing the evidence from Greece, 1990–2005

Lolos, Sarantis - In: Economic Change and Restructuring 42 (2009) 3, pp. 211-228

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A territorial analysis of wage convergence/differentials in Spain

MAZA, Adolfo; VILLAVERDE, José - In: Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine octobre (2006) 4, pp. 615-630

The purpose of this paper is to analyze territorial convergence in Spain from the perspective of real wages for the … are as follows : a) there is a process of wage convergence between the Spanish provinces ; b) the intra … taken into account the rate of convergence rises ; d) the main factor lying behind provincial wage differentials are …

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MULTILEVEL MODELS: AN APPLICATION TO THE BETA-CONVERGENCE MODEL

CHASCO, Coro; LÓPEZ, Ana Mª - In: Region et Developpement 30 (2009), pp. 35-58

used for studying data relationships. In this paper, we specify a basic two-level model for a conditional beta-convergence …

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The Effects of Public Capital on Regional Convergence in Turkey

Önder, A. Özlem; Karadag, Metin; Deliktas, Ertugrul - İktisat Bölümü, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - 2007

, investigating the effects of public capital on economic convergence at the regional level gains importance since significant … per capita in terms of convergence in the Turkish regions. A conditional convergence model based on per capita GDP and … spatial effects are also investigated. The results show that there exists conditional convergence. The results also reveal …

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Demographic Change and Federal Systems: Some Preliminary Results for Germany

Seitz, Helmut; Freigang, Dirk; Kempkes, Gerhard - 2005

The paper examines the effects of demographic change on federal, state and local government expenditures in Germany. Public spending is decomposed into almost 30 categories (functions) and simple estimates of age cost profiles are derived. Using population forecasts and assuming timeinvariant...

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Fiscal Federalism and Demography

Seitz, Helmut; Kempkes, Gerhard - 2005

The paper examines the effects of demographic change on federal, state and local governments in Germany with a focus on the expenditure side to answer the question, whether demographic change will induce vertical fiscal expenditure imbalances. We present estimates of the impact of demographic...

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Tax competition and tax structure in open federal economies: evidence from OECD countries with implications for the European Union

Goodspeed, Timothy J. - 1999

Tax competition arguments suggest that governements that operate in an open economy (such as local governments) should not and will not rely on non-benefit taxes, such as the income tax. Yet we observe reliance on income taxes by local governments in many countries, and such reliance changes...

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The economics of politically-connected firms

Choi, Jay Pil; Thum, Marcel - 2008

Political connections between firms and autocratic regimes are not secret and often even publicly displayed in many developing economies. We argue that tying a firm's available rent to a regime’s survival acts as a credible commitment forcing entrepreneurs to support the government and to...

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Dynamic Ethnic Fractionalization and Economic Growth

Campos, Nauro F.; Saleh, Ahmad; Kuzeyev, Vitaliy S. - 2009

In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (JEL 2005) identify two main directions for future research. One is to improve the measurement of diversity and the other to treat diversity as an endogenous variable. This paper tries...

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Why we should all care about social institutions related to gender inequality

Branisa, Boris; Klasen, Stephan; Ziegler, Maria - 2010

Institutions are a major factor explaining development outcomes. This study focuses on social institutions related to gender inequality understood as long-lasting norms, values and codes of conduct that shape gender roles, and presents evidence on why they matter for development. We derive...

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