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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'...

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Growth agglomeration effects in spatially interdependent Latin American regions

Guevara, Carolina - 2015

Theoretical approaches have been developed to examine the effect of agglomeration on growth. However, the understanding of the mechanisms of agglomeration in developing countries remains unaddressed. This paper aims to give empirical evidence of the role of agglomeration on the growth of Latin...

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Regional convergence and economic development in the EU : the relation between national growth and regional disparities within the old and the new member states

Kramar, Hans - 2015

While European integration has substantially contributed to economic convergence between the member states of the EU … towards economic convergence on a national scale between 2000 and 2011, mainly caused by the rapid growth of the most lagging … countries. On a regional scale, however, the process of convergence was much slower and almost came to an end after the …

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Income convergence, migration and geography : distribution analysis of regions in Norway

Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll - 2010

Empirical evidence about income convergence among regions and countries is inconclusive and it is necessary to clarify … the economic and institutional conditions for convergence. We investigate movements in the income distribution among … development. The convergence towards a narrower unimodal distribution of per capita income is convincing in this homogenous …

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Does manure management regulation work against agglomeration economies? : evidence from French hog production

Gaigné, Carl; Le Gallo, Julie; Larue, Solène; … - 2010

The well-known rise in the geographical concentration of hog production suggests the presence of agglomeration economies related to spatial spillovers and inter-dependencies among industries. In this paper, we examine whether manure management regulation restricting manure application per acre...

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Anticipatory effects of rail upgrades : Auckland's Western Line

Grimes, Arthur L.; Young, Chris - 2010

We examine effects of urban passenger rail upgrades to Auckland's Western Line, including double tracking, station development, and related urban renewal projects. The results are used to assess anticipated net benefits of the developments. The rail-related upgrades are expected to be completed...

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An exam of the role of the geographical proximity for the university-industry linkages : (paper presented at ERSA 2010 Congress "Sustainable Regional Growth and Development in the...

Garcia, Renato; Araujo, Veneziano de Castro; Mascarini, … - 2010

It is widely recognized in the literature that the clustering of firms can generate benefits for the local firms, especially in terms of the creation and diffusion of knowledge among producers. One of the main sources of this new knowledge is the academic research, which can contribute to the...

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Regional GDP in Mexico, 1895-2010

Aguilar Retureta, José; Badia-Miró, Marc; Herranz … - In: Time and space : Latin American regional development in …, (pp. 211-239). 2020

1980 was characterized by regional convergence, although it was accompanied by a strong persistence in the geographical …, regional convergence during the state-led Industrialization period was led by an intense process of factor mobility (and …

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Sustainable economic development and growth : roles played by agglomeration economies on regional policy

Nakamura, Daisuke - 2010

The evaluation of economic development level is commonly measured by the growth rate of GDP. However, this single-dimensional measurement may cause potential issue to investigate sustainable economic development and growth model. An alternative framework is introduced to economic development...

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Agglomeration with the pros and cons of labor heterogeneity

Ihara, Ryusuke - 2011

Using a simple two-region model with the positive and negative effects of labor heterogeneity, we investigate the agglomeration pattern of entrepreneurs and the commuting pattern of heterogeneous workers. Labor heterogeneity is a source of productivity for e.g. high-tech industries as well as is...

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