Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 58,576
Cover Image
Deconcentration, Counter-urbanization, or Trend Reversal? The Population Distribution of Switzerland, Revisited
Kahsai, Mulugeta; Schaeffer, Peter - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2009
region and citizenship. Results show that Switzerland experienced deconcentration in the 1970s at the cantonal level, and in …This study analyzes trends in the population distribution of Switzerland, with focus on the period 1980-2000. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929325
Cover Image
Assessing polycentric urban systems in the OECD : country, regional and metropolitan perspectives
Brezzi, Monica; Veneri, Paolo - 2014
Contemporary urban systems in OECD countries are structured around functional regions, which often overcome established city boundaries. Reading space in terms of functional regions allows assessing changes in urban hierarchies and spatial structures, including the polycentricity of urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374427
Cover Image
The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Urban Agglomeration : Evidence from China
Wu, Alfred M. - 2018
In the literature on urban studies, the size distribution of cities has been attributed to a random growth process where transportation externalities, congestion costs, and capital formation all play a crucial role. However, the classic economics models do not fully capture the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912209
Cover Image
Next Train to the Polycentric City : The Effect of Railroads on Subcenter Formation
Garcia-López, Miquel-Àngel - 2016
Recent evidence reveals that transportation's improvements within metropolitan areas have a clear effect on population and job decentralization processes. Yet, very little has been said on how these improvements affect the spatial organization of the economic activity in the suburbs. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978658
Cover Image
Next Train to the Polycentric City : The Effect of Railroads on Subcenter Formation
Garcia-López, Miquel-Àngel - 2016
Recent evidence reveals that transportation's improvements within metropolitan areas have a clear effect on population and job decentralization processes. Yet, very little has been said on how these improvements affect the spatial organization of the economic activity in the suburbs. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989441
Cover Image
Human capital and regional growth in Switzerland
Polasek, Wolfgang; Schwarzbauer, Wolfgang; Sellner, Richard - 2010
This paper develops a regional production function model for Swiss cantons that incorporates human capital together with spatial effects. Within a spatial panel framework we find that controlling for time effects the spatial spillover effect becomes insignificant. Our results are sensitive with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733807
Cover Image
Planning for the future : a land-use and transport interaction model for Switzerland : conference paper at 54th ERSA Congress, 26-29 August 2014
Bodenmann, Balz R.; Sanchez, Breogan; Bode, J.; Zeiler, … - 2014
answer these questions, different scenarios have been simulated including all 3000 municipalities in Switzerland using the … for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT) at ETH Zurich, regioConcept (Switzerland) and ESMO (Slovakia). The models in FaLC … for Switzerland focusses basically on three scenarios: - Effects of road network modification - Effects of company taxes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490599
Cover Image
In Search of Creative Champions in High-Tech Spaces
Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
The business performance of firms in the creative high-tech sector shows much variation. This paper examines whether the geographical location of such business firms influences the performance of these firms. The overarching analysis framework of this paper emerges from the recently developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328341
Cover Image
The Effects of Climate Change in the Poorest Countries: Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad
Jedwab, Remi; Haslop, Federico; Zarate, Roman; … - 2023
Empirical studies of the economic effects of climate change (CC) largely rely on climate anomalies for causal identification purposes. Slow and permanent changes in climate-driven geographical conditions, i.e. CC as defined by the IPCC (2013), have been studied relatively less, especially in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377299
Cover Image
In search of creative champions in high-tech spaces : a spatial application of Strategic Performance Management
Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
The business performance of firms in the creative high-tech sector shows much variation. This paper examines whether the geographical location of such business firms influences the performance of these firms. The overarching analysis framework of this paper emerges from the recently developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225762