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Regional infrastructure and convergence : growth implications in a spatial framework
Del Bo, Chiara; Florio, Massimo; Manzi, Giancarlo - 2009 - This Version: Novembre 24th 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705916
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Space and growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342567
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Regional growth and national development: transition in Central and Eastern Europe and the regional Kuznets curve in the East and the West
Monastiriotis, Vassilis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Regional disparities in Central and Eastern Europe rose substantially since 1990. Still, prima facie evidence of beta-convergence … convergence. In both CEE and the ‘old’ EU15, regional convergence is strongly linked to the level of national development, non …-linearly. But while in the EU15 convergence speeds-up at intermediate/high levels of development, in CEE we find divergence at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126360
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Agglomeration and growth : evidence from the regions of Central and Eastern Europe
Vogel, Johanna - 2012 - This version: May 2012
This paper examines the empirical relationship between agglomeration and economic growth for a panel of 48 Central and Eastern European regions from 1995 to 2006. By agglomeration, we mean the within-regional concentration of aggregate economic activity, which we measure using the 'topographic'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506442
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What makes regions in Eastern Europe catching up? The role of foreign investment, human resources and geography
Tondl, Gabriele; Vuksic, Goran - Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI), … - 2003
This paper analyses regional growth in Eastern Europe in the second half of the 1990s, when regional disparities sharply increased. We aim to identify the factors behind growth and investigate in particular the role of (foreign) investment, education and innovation as well as geographical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008614796
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A regional growth model with external effects among spanish provinces. Un modelo de crecimiento con efectos externos entre las provincias españolas
Pardo, Ángel Alañón; Antonio, Miguel Gómez de - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, … - 2010
A non neoclassical growth model with external effects among Spanish provinces is estimated through cross section and panel data Spatial Econometrics techniques for the 1970-2000 period. There are two kind of regional product determinants: spatial variables (intra and interregional agglomeration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764120
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What makes regions in Eastern Europe catching up? The role of foreign investment, human resources and geography
Tondl, Gabriele; Vuksic, Goran - 2003
This paper analyses regional growth in Eastern Europe in the second half of the 1990s, when regional disparities sharply increased. We aim to identify the factors behind growth and investigate in particular the role of (foreign) investment, education and innovation as well as geographical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301178
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Specialization and growth in Italy: what spatial econometric analysis tells us.
Siano, Rita De; D'Uva, Marcella - Dipartimento di Studi Economici "Salvatore Vinci", … - 2010
This paper investigates the determinants of Italian regional specialization in the period 1995-2006. In particular, it tests and evaluates the presence of spatial autocorrelation in sectoral specialization patterns by the use of spatial econometrics tools. Results show positive effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008521837
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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
regional convergence (or divergence) too. The aim of the paper is to study both the localization of R&D investments and … the presence of spatial correlation. Furthermore, we evaluate convergence or divergence in income growth and if it is … per capita GDP and per capita R&D investment. It follows the convergence analysis and conclusions. To study the spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481737
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The impact of regional absorptive capacity on spatial knowledge spillovers
Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - 2008
We design a conceptual framework for linking two approaches: the literature on absorptive capacity and the literature on spatial knowledge spillovers. Regions produce new knowledge, but only part of it is efficiently adopted in the economy; the share of efficiently adopted technology depends on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377391