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Sectoral productivity convergence between European regions : does space matter?

Montresor, Elisa; Pecci, Francesco; Pontarollo, Nicola - 2012

The aim of our analysis is the evaluation of the total and sectoral convergence of labour productivity between 182 … adopt a β- and sígma-convergence approach along with a methodology based on Getis' spatial filters that allows decomposing … and low productivity, respectively 'core' and 'periphery'. Our results show significant sígma-convergence in aggregate …

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Growth spillovers in the MENA region

Baysoy, Merve Aksoylar; Altuğ, Sumru - 2019

In this paper, we examine the role of spillovers in economic growth for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by accounting for spatial effects. Such spatial effects in growth for the MENA countries may arise on the basis of geography, bilateral trade or institutional similarities. We...

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The Brazilian regional development funds and economic growth : a spatial panel approach

Cravo, Túlio A.; Resende, Guilherme Mendes - 2015

The regional development policy in Brazil materializes mainly in the regional development funds for the north-east (FNE), the north (FNO), and the centre-west (FCO), in which more than EUR36 billion was invested between 2004 and 2010. This paper examines the economic effect of these regional...

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Have Collapses in Infrastructure Spending led to Cross-Country Divergence in Per Capita GDP?

Rodriguez, Francisco - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2007

This paper explores whether the post-1980 decline in infrastructure investment in developing countries is a source of growing disparities in world per capita GDP. I start by reviewing the literature on the infrastructure-productivity link, arguing that a balanced reading of previous studies...

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Towards a new policy framework for the enlarged Europe: investing for growth and modernization

PICCIOTTO, Robert - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2006

European leaders aim to turn the enlarged Union into "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world". But without major increases in infrastructure investments, dynamic growth - the missing ingredient of the European model - will not materialize. Given extraordinarily...

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The Effects of Public Capital on Regional Convergence in Turkey

Önder, A. Özlem; Karadag, Metin; Deliktas, Ertugrul - İktisat Bölümü, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - 2007

, investigating the effects of public capital on economic convergence at the regional level gains importance since significant … per capita in terms of convergence in the Turkish regions. A conditional convergence model based on per capita GDP and … spatial effects are also investigated. The results show that there exists conditional convergence. The results also reveal …

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Trends in the relation between regional convergence and economic growth in EU

Albu, Lucian-Liviu - 2016

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between regional convergence inside of countries in EU and … the correlation between the convergence process and economic growth we focused, as it is usually used in specialised … literature to analyse the real convergence, on the dynamics of GDP per capita expressed in case of EU by PPS (Purchasing Power …

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Regional value added in Italy over the long run (1891-2001): linking indirect estimates with official figures, and implications

Felice, Emanuele - Unitat d'Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de … - 2011

international debate on regional convergence, where it stands out for the long run persistence of its disparities. …

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Human Capital, Urbanization, and Canadian Provincial Growth

Coulombe, Serge - Département d'Économie / Department of Economics, … - 2001

This paper investigates the conditional convergence of both human capital indicators and nominal per capita income …

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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

in the analysis of the convergence process of European Union (EU15) regions by systematically applying a method to … results suggest that convergence pattern of EU regions depends on the spatial scale of analysis and that convergence occurs …

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