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Revisiting the Invisible Hand Hypothesis: A Comparative Study between Bulgaria and Germany
Gesheva, Nadezhda; Vasilev, Aleksandar - 2016
convergence towards Germany’s productivity levels. …
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Testing the convergence hypothesis for OECD countries : a reappraisal
Gadea, María Dolores; Sanz-Villarroya, Isabel - 2017
This paper reviews the results of a number of empirical studies of convergence among the OECD countries and discusses … OECD countries, there are different clusters. The parameter representing the convergence hypothesis, despite being negative … convergence between the countries that belong to the upper quantiles. Moreover, 1960–1970 is highlighted as the period in which …
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Does fiscal consolidation hurt economic growth? : empirical evidence from Spanish regions
Lago Peñas, Santiago; Vaquero-Garcia, Alberto; … - 2019
This article brings empirical evidence on the effect of fiscal consolidation in decentralized countries. The focus on Spain is justified by three reasons. First, it is one of the OECD countries most affected by the Great recession in terms of both GDP and public deficit. Second, Spain is one of...
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The shadow of cities : size, location and the spatial distribution of population in Spain
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco J.; Diez-Minguela, Alfonso; … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012667073
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Spatial analysis of the tourism supply, in Portugal, at NUTs III level
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - 2013
The tourism in Portugal has been an important contribution to the economic development of the country, namely in zones where is difficult to implement others activities, specifically the manufacturing. The objective of this work is to analyze, for the period 2002-2011, with spatial econometric...
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Spatial econometrics : a braod view
Arbia, Giuseppe - 2016
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Entwicklung der Investitionstätigkeit in Deutschland
Alm, Bastian; Meurers, Martin - 2015
Die nachfolgende Analyse zeigt, in welchem Sinne und in welchen Bereichen die Investitionsentwicklung in Deutschland als „schwach“ eingestuft werden kann. Dabei werden die unterschiedlichen Trends auf verschiedenen staatlichen Ebenen und in einzelnen Wirtschaftsbereichen näher...
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The Upcoming Four Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Gold Rush
Michael, Bryane - 2013
The largest 25 emerging markets (by population size) will need to make about four trillion dollars worth of investments by 2020. What does this mean for investors looking to cash in on the boom in government (and hopefully private) spending on infrastructure? Which markets will generate the most...
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Catalytic effect of capital transfers in a federal context : the case of Spanish regions
Vallés Giménez, Jaime; Zárate Marco, Anabel - 2017
There is a broad theoretical consensus on the effects of transfers (desired incentive impacts and induced adverse effects). But, as the literature review shows, there is not an accepted methodology for the empirical evaluation of these effects. The authors suggest a simple but rigorous empirical...
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Polarization, growth and social policy in the case of Israel, 1997 - 2008
García-Fernández, Rosa María; Gottlieb, Daniel; … - 2013
In this paper we study income polarization by first comparing the efficiency of two statistical models to identify the number of poles in the income distribution empirically. The statistical models used are a multi-resolution analysis (MRA) and a log-normal approach (LNA). We then apply the...
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