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Efficient Structure of Provision for Emergency Public Services

INARRA, Elena; MAULEON, Ana; VANNETELBOSCH, Vincent - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 1999

We consider an economy in which a central government has to decide on the provision and location of an emergency public service the quality of which diminishes with distance. The emergency service has to attend a group of municipalities geographically located in a star-tree-graph. We derive the...

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Where russians should live: a counterfactual alternative to Soviet location policy

Mikhailova, Tatiana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper investigates the extent of distortions in Russia's spatial economy that are inherited from the Soviet system. Using Canada as a benchmark for spatial dynamics of economic activity in a market economy, I construct the spatial allocation of population that would result in Russia, given...

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Export specialisation and regional growth, in Romania

Antonescu, Daniela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

space. The export activities depend in a large share on the way in which a state or a region capitalises their endogenous … competitiveness and specialisation, export is regarded, currently, as an important factor of economic resilience, but also as a pillar … for the emergence of territorial inequalities. This paper investigates which export fields and products at regional level …

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La crisi del settore meccanico delle imprese artigiane in Italia: un’analisi empirica per la regione Emilia Romagna

Favaretto, Ilario; Travaglini, Giuseppe - In: ARGOMENTI 2014/42 (2014) 42, pp. 55-66

In questo lavoro studiamo l’evoluzione del sistema manifatturiero romagnolo delle piccole imprese artigiane nel settore della meccanica. I dati impiegati sono forniti dalla CNA. Dall’analisi contabile dei flussi di cassa aggregati, per il periodo tra il 2008 ed il 2012, emerge, per le tre...

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Le determinanti dei tassi di interesse bancari nelle regioni italiane

Gallo, Manuela; Vannoni, Valeria - In: SCIENZE REGIONALI 2015/1 (2015) 1, pp. 67-84

Il lavoro presenta un’analisi delle dinamiche dei tassi di interesse bancari nelle regioni italiane, in relazione alle caratteristiche del mercato bancario locale. La verifica empirica vuole indagare l’influenza che variabili riferibili alla densita e alla concentrazione della rete bancaria,...

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Räume der Übertragung: Die neue transnationale Politik der säkularen Stagnation

MAVROZACHARAKIS, EMMANUEL; LAVDAS, KOSTAS - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper reevaluates recent work on deterritorialization in so far as it relates to transnationalization and the emergence of new forms of nomadic politics. Place has been crucial in the formation of social relationships, the interactive construction of political identities and the emergence...

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Internal Trade, Productivity, and Interconnected Industries: A Quantitative Analysis

Tombe, Trevor; Albrecht, Lukas - Department of Economics, University of Calgary - 2015

Does trade within a country affect welfare and productivity? What are the magnitude and consequences of costs to such trade? To answer these questions, we exploit unique Canadian data to measure internal trade costs in a variety of ways â€“ they are large, and vary across sectors and...

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Aproximaciones microeconómicas en la Teoría de los Lugares Centrales de Christaller

Valbuena, Luis Guillermo Becerra - In: ENSAYOS SOBRE POLÍTICA ECONÓMICA (2013)

En el presente documento se hace una revisión de los planteamientos más importantes de la Teoría de los Lugares Centrales (TLC) formulada por Walter Christaller, así como una exploración de los diferentes intentos de modelación que se han hecho de esta teoría en la economía espacial....

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Infrastructure Networks and the Competitiveness of the Economy

Fleischer, Tamás - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

This paper aims to examine how technical infrastructure networks may contribute to improving the competitiveness of the Hungarian economy. Consequently, our main question will be to establish how certain networks or sectors can promote competitiveness of the entire economy rather than how they...

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Transportation Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of Colonial Railroads on City Growth in Africa

Jedwab, Remi; Moradi, Alexander - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013

What is the impact of modern transportation technology on long-run economic change in poor countries with high trade costs? Rail construction in colonial Sub-Saharan Africa provides a natural experiment: 90% of African rail-road lines were built before independence, in a context where...

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