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Internal Geography and External Trade : Regional Disparities in Italy, 1861-2011
A'Hearn, Brian - 2013
This paper explores the interactions between external trade and regional disparities in the Italian economy since unification. It argues that the advantage of the North was initially based on natural advantage (in particular the endowment of water, intensive in silk production). From 1880...
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What about regions in regional science? : an exercise of convergence using different geographic scales of European Union : 53rd ERSA Congress, 27-31 August 2013 - Palermo, Italy
Resende, Guilherme Mendes; Cravo, Túlio - 2013
The choice of the spatial scale of analysis is a problematic issue in applied research, particularly in the literature of regional economic growth. Nevertheless, it is evident that regional scientists have been slow at demonstrating the empirical implications of changes in spatial scale of...
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Convergence among Italian Regions, 1861-2011
Iuzzolino, Giovanni; Pellegrini, Guido; Viesti, Gianfranco - Banca d'Italia - 2011
In 150 years, the trends in regional disparities in economic development within Italy have differed depending on … then closed; the North-South gap, by contrast, remains the main open problem in the national history of Italy. This work … between southern and northern Italy, powered by rising productivity and structural change in the South. The last turning point …
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Regional convergence and R&D investment : applied investigation in Portugal : ERSA 55th Congress : World renaissance: changing roles for people and places : Lisbon, Portugal 25-28...
Guerreiro, Gertrudes Saudés; Guerreiro, António - 2015
R&D investments are seen has having an enormous potential impact on the competitive position of regions and perhaps on regional convergence (or divergence) too. The aim of the paper is to study both the localization of R&D investments and regional income distribution among the NUTs 3 regions of...
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Determinants of convergence and disparities in Europe : innovation, entrepreneurship and the processes of clustering : 52th Congress of the European Regional Science Association
Cornett, Andreas P.; Sørensen, Nils Karl - 2012 - Preliminary version
Innovation and entrepreneurship are key factors in current regional development initiatives, derived from the concepts of new economic growth theory. The aim of this paper is to combine an assessment of innovative and entrepreneurial performance with the spatial distribution and functional...
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Is there convergence of Russia's regions? : exploring the empirical evidence ; 1995 - 2010
Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - 2013
This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we find divergence, which is, however, attenuated over...
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Regional convergence and divergence in Europe : patterns and regularities
Maurseth, Per Botolf - 2013
Many studies have focused on spatial patterns in economic growth. For the case of Europe, these studies have indicated that growth is spatially dependent and that clustering as well as de-clustering are parts of economic development processes. The distribution dynamics approach has revealed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011570758
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Development, growth and decline in Europe : new patterns of economic convergence and divergence? : 53th Congress of the European Regional Science Association
Cornett, Andreas P.; Sørensen, Nils Karl - 2013 - Preliminary version
The influence of general economic and fiscal policy is in recent years more significant than ever. Tight budgets sets limits on public spending in general and on regional development in particular, both with regard to programs specifically targeted on regional issue, but often also indirect due...
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The emergence of convergence clubs among Greek regions : 50th ERSA Congress, 19th - 23rd August 2010
Artelaris, Panagiotis; Kallioras, Dimitris; Petrakos, … - 2010
The evaluation of regional inequalities and the monitoring of their evolution (regional convergence/divergence analysis) is an issue of extreme interest in the field of regional science as it demonstrates the role of market dynamics and appraises the effectiveness of regional policy. Extending...
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The emergence of new regional convergence clubs in a Nordic and Baltic perspective : 50th Congress of the European Regional Science Association
Cornett, Andreas P.; Sørensen, Nils Karl - 2010 - First draft
The spatial patterns of changes in economic diversion and convergence have become more blurred in the last decades. International disparities between nations have diminished. At the same time intra-national disparities have increased in most European countries. In the search to identify the...
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