. Findings show that innovation, and hence competitiveness, are not always the result of clustering; clusters, as a spatial … type, and knowledge source, competitiveness is not related to clusters; in others, it depends on a specific location; and … clustering on the basis of models of Marshall-Arrow-Romer (MAR), Porter, or Jacobs, since proximity is known as a key perquisite …

about its efficiency and about spillovers, and in particular whether the latter do exist or not. It is shown that strategic … (should they materialize), by tax payments and by dividends paid to local investors. The firm has private information both … the country where the positive spillover effects are lowest, and that they are most severe for the least efficient firms …

for triggering or avoiding brain drain and compare education policies and migration patterns in non-cooperative political …This paper uses a two-country model with integrated markets for high-skilled labor to analyze the opportunities and … incentives for national governments to provide higher education. Countries can differ in productivity, and education is financed …

With the completion of EMU, tax competition and, more in general, locational competition is high on the EU policy … agenda. In contrast to the standard neo-classical reasoning, recent advances in the theory of trade and location have shown … that tax competition does not necessarily lead to a "race to the bottom". In these recent discussions the relevance of …

multinational enterprise (MNE) investment, not on the total size of worldwide MNE investment. Hence, unlike the neoclassical … approach, in our analysis investment is not driven by tax rates affecting the cost of capital, which is objectionable from a … the effects of MNE investment and determine under what conditions a country's policymakers can stimulate demand by raising …

because most competitiveness factors are not evenly distributed over space and many are influenced or even determined by … results to guide their development strategies. Even though the RCI is not entirely comparable over time, due to recurrent and … regional and local authorities. The 2016 edition follows two previous ones published by the European Commission in 2010 and …

integration proceeds, equilibrium taxes decline, switching from positive to negative levels, and then rise as trade costs fall … present-value terms, in many cases it is not clear whether flrms actually make net tax payments to their host countries or if … indigenous flrm is already operating in one of the countries (Bjorvatn and Eckel, 2006) or when countries compete for two mobile …

closely observed as well as the impact of the regional economic growth on other regions, in the sense of whether or not the … services, R&D and innovation sector. Competitive regions (or their centres) are mostly well connected with the transport … infrastructure, especially TEN-T, national highways and international airports. Such regions are important air, rail, road or water …

tax rate or a minimum rate does not necessarily create the welfare effects observed under pure tax competition. The …In our paper, we demonstrate that when countries compete in taxes and infrastructure, coordination through a uniform …-cooperative equilibrium when countries compete in taxes and infrastructure. This result is completely reversed under pure tax competition if …

tax rate or a minimum rate does not necessarily create the welfare effects observed under pure tax competition. The …In our paper, we demonstrate that when countries compete in taxes and infrastructure, coordination through a uniform …-cooperative equilibrium when countries compete in taxes and infrastructure. This result is completely reversed under pure tax competition if …