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Three dimensions of regional integration process in Europe: an approach by spatial econometrics (In French)

VIROL, Stéphane - Groupement de Recherches Économiques et Sociales (GRES) - 2006

Whereas the process of integration economic is accentuated in Europe, regional integration dynamics of space seems to be a crucial issue. Reflexions engaged, in particular through the SDEC, aim at promoting a voluntarist policy of polycentric adjustment of European space. Thus we are led to...

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Regional Patterns in the Achievement of the Lisbon Strategy: a Comparison Between Polycentric Regions and Monocentric Ones

Bertolini, Paola; Giovanetti, Enrico; Pagliacci, Francesco - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2011

Polycentrism is a common feature of European urban systems. Lately, the concept has assumed a more normative relevance …, the effects of polycentrism on other main European Strategies (such as the Lisbon Strategy, aimed at increasing European … France, Germany, Italy and Spain, we have first measured the extent of polycentrism, by estimating through OLS the slope of …

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Regional patterns in the achievement of the Lisbon Strategy: a comparison between polycentric regions and monocentric ones

Bertolini, Paola; Giovannetti, Enrico; Pagliacci, Francesco - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2011

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From the tank to climate change: multiple environmental impacts of wastewater management

Legras, Sophie - Centre d'Économie et Sociologie appliquées à … - 2013

In this paper we study the interplay between residential location choice, sprawl and water quality. We propose an urban economics model of a, first, monocentric, then, polycentric city with two different residential areas : sewer-serviced suburbia, with small residential lot size, and exurbia...

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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE REGIONAL CONTEXT OF COMPETITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA

Cojanu, Valentin; Stupariu, Ileana-Pãtru; Dobre, … - In: CES Working Papers 3(2) (2011) June, pp. 188-214

A recent series of EU initiatives gradually have changed the meaning of growth initiatives whereby the options of economic policy became more closely linked to the needs of development at ever smaller territorial units. The present research attempts to contribute to the discussion about the...

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Is it possible to give the territorial dimension more relevance for choices of competitiveness and sustainability policies?

Prezioso, Maria - In: Transition Studies Review 15 (2008) 1, pp. 1-19

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Cubic spline population density functions and subcentre delimitation. The case of Barcelona

Muñiz, Ivan; Galindo, Anna; García, Miguel Ángel - Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autònoma … - 2002

The presence of subcentres cannot be captured by an exponential function. Cubic spline functions seem more appropriate to depict the polycentricity pattern of modern urban systems. Using data from Barcelona Metropolitan Region, two possible population subcentre delimitation procedures are...

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From scholarly idea to budgetary institution: the emergence of cost-benefit analysis

Makowsky, Michael; Wagner, Richard - In: Constitutional Political Economy 20 (2009) 1, pp. 57-70

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Sub-centres and Urban Inequality: A study on Social Equity in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region

Tresserra, Jaume Masip - European Regional Science Association - 2013

Much of the inequality literature has done a great deal of work to study national inequality. However, most people live in cities and their experience of inequality is shaped by their local and metropolitan environment. This fact implies that next to inequality in countries, local inequality is...

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Local Government Border Congruence and the Fiscal Commons : Evidence from Ohio School Districts

Hall, Joshua C. - Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics - 2014

School district and municipal borders do not always align. Non-congruent borders can create a fiscal commons problem where new development does not entirely "pay its way." In response, frustrated citizens often respond by voting for lower school spending. Using GIS data on Ohio school districts,...

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