Le programme regulier d'Aeroports de Montreal englobe plus de 200 projets d'immobilisations totalisant 348 millions de dollars pour le periode de 1996-2000. Sur le plan de l'emploi, on peut associer 115 personnes-annees par tranche de 10 millions de dollars du programme d'immobilisations d'ADM....

This paper is an empirical investigation of the determinants of city growth in Autralia from 1981 to 1991. Our basic goal is to explain the population and labour force growth of a cross section of cities in the time period using variables representing the final characteristics of cities.

Quebec’s relative growth performance with Ontario has always been an issue of concern for economic historians. In his paper Pierre Fortin discusses trends in Quebec’s real domestic income relative to that in Ontario over the last half-century. He finds that per capita real domestic income in...

Investment is one of the main drivers of productivity growth, which is the key determinant of living standards in the long run. Investment in British Columbia is lagging when compared to that of Canada, particularly in machinery and equipment and ICT investment. Going forward, a poor investment...

This paper provides empirical evidence of an U-shaped relationship between the extent of the market (size of the relevant urban market) and the pattern of crop specialization in a village economy. We use the recent two-stage estimator developed by Lewbel (2007) and exploit heteroskedasticity for...

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar como o processo de consolidação bancária brasileiro, a partir da implementação do Plano Real, impactou a distribuição e concessão do crédito regionalmente. A partir da análise de dados estatísticos e da utilização da análise de dados em painel,...

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a interação entre as esferas financeira e produtiva. Foram discutidas as características do Sistema Financeiro Brasileiro e examinada a evolução do financiamento bancário da atividade industrial por região. Buscou-se ainda ressaltar a importância da...

This paper presents an analysis of regional start-up rates in the knowledge intensive services and high-tech industries. To supplement prevailing frameworks focusing mainly on supply-side economic factors, we integrate insights from economic geography and population ecology to the...

A recent transition in the field of agrarian economics theory for rural development is the move from a narrow agricultural sector approach, to one which adopts broader territorial vision. This passage seeks to interpret interactions between urban and rural worlds in a more comprehensive...

Este trabajo examina el estado actual de las ventas callejeras dentro de la cadena de servicios turísticos en Cartagena, Colombia. Se repasan las experiencias exitosas en el manejo de las ventas informales en ciudades con circunstancias y contextos similares. Con base en una encuesta que...