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What about regions in regional science? An exercise of convergence using different geographic scales of European Union
Resende, Guilherme; Cravo, Tulio - European Regional Science Association - 2013
the empirical results caused by the use of different spatial scales in the analysis of convergence process of European … (MAUP). Thus, convergence processes among EU15 are examined across three spatial scales often used in applied work, namely …, NUTS1, NUTS2 and NUTS3, between 2000 and 2008. The paper suggests that convergence pattern of EU regions depends on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740554
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Smart Specialisation in the EU: Is it a Bridge between Innovation and Cohesion?
Pessoa, Argentino - European Regional Science Association - 2014
Current innovation policy is the result of decades of research about the nature and role of innovation in economic growth. Such investigation has contributed to redesign our knowledge not only on the role played by innovation in economic development but also about the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075920
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Quality of Government and the Returns of Investment: Examining the Impact of Cohesion Expenditure in European Regions
Rodriguez-Pose, Andrés; Garcilazo, Enrique - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013
This paper sets out to examine the impact of the quality of local and regional governments on the returns of investment, focusing on the returns of EU structural and cohesion funds. Despite the widespread belief that the quality of government affects the returns of public investments, whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277090
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Quality of governance and innovative performance in the EU Regions
Cataldo, Marco Di; Andrés Rodríguez-Pose - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Although it has frequently been argued that the quality of institutions affects the innovative potential of a territory, the link between institutions and innovation remains a black box. This paper aims to shed light on how institutions shape innovative capacity, by focusing on how regional...
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