In the U.S., the cross-state differences in unemployment rates are large - for instance, large compared to variations in the national unemployment rate over time. At the same time, there is considerable labor mobility within the U.S.; in fact, enough that, if migration arbitrages differences in...

This paper estimates that Michigan's MEGA tax credit program to attract and retain businesses has large employment and fiscal benefits. MEGA provides discretionary tax credits to businesses, with the tax credit tied to the personal income taxes paid by employees on the new or retained jobs. We...

La Unión Europea se enfrenta a un enorme proceso de cambio que afecta a todos los ámbitos de la vida de las personas y exige una profunda transformación de la economía europea en coherencia con los valores y conceptos de la sociedad. La Unión en los conocidos como objetivos de Lisboa...

Greek cities are a seminal part of the Mediterranean urbanization thesis. Corresponding features include the comparatively belated occurrence of urban in-migration, the particularity of the urban pull factors, and the unplanned nature of urban expansion. The considerable and extensive...

In the context of a globalizing world, the representative offices of large international corporations, with profits comparable to the budget of an entire state, are located in big cities. Despite enormous profits attracted by big cities, there seems to be a gap between their demand for goods and...

The paper addresses the issue of transparency at urban level, with focus on the Bucharest sectors. The main objective of the reseach process was to evaluate the transparency of the decision-making process at the urban level, în general and at the level of Bucharest municipalities; în...

This paper simulates job and fiscal impacts of Michigan’s MEGA tax credit program for job creation. Under plausible assumptions about how such credits affect business location decisions, the net costs per job created of the MEGA program are simulated to be of modest size. The job creation...

This study investigates temporal demographic changes and income inequalities, and more importantly the relationship between income inequality and economic growth inWest Virginia. Departing from earlier studies, a regional growth model is utilized and empirically tested using county level West...

This paper suggests a cause of low density in urban development or urban sprawl that has not been given much attention in the literature. There have been a number of arguments put forward for market failures that may account for urban sprawl, including incomplete pricing of infrastructure,...

Over the last decade or so, the debate on the planning and development of the Paris (Île-de-France) region has revolved around two little words: "Grand Paris", or Greater Paris. Despite existing political and scientific controversies surrounding the future of the capital region, three major...