I model and quantify the impact of a new dimension of global integration: offshore R&D. In the model, firms match with heterogeneous researchers to develop new product blueprints, and then engage in offshore production and exporting. Cross-country differences in the distributions of firm...

This paper studies how the changing geographic distribution of skilled workers in the US affects theoretical models that use Gibrat's law to explain the size distribution of cities. In the empirical literature, a divergence hypothesis holds that college share increases faster in cities where...

Economic disparity redress aims to compensate a spouse or partner for disparity that occurs at the end of a relationship because of the division of functions within the relationship. While the aim of economic disparity is commendable, in practice, the application and quantification of an...

This paper studies BMI as a correlate of the early spatial distribution and intensity of Covid-19 across the districts of India and finds that conditional on a range of individual, household, and regional characteristics, adult BMI significantly predicts the likelihood that the district is a...

BackgroundThere is growing interest in the use of reliable evidence for health decision-making among low-and middle-income countries. Ghana has deployed DHIMS2 to replace the previously existing manual data harmonization processes.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted in 12 districts...

Any well-functioning federation is bound by shared values and by economic arrangements that ensure regions are better off inside the federation than outside it. But conflicts in both areas are inevitable, especially in a country as diverse as Canada. This paper focuses on the conflict within the...

In this chapter we have briefly reviewed the recent theoretical advances made regarding the location of production, with emphasis on agglomeration of production across countries. We have confronted the theoretical explanations with the quite scarce empirical evidence on agglomeration in foreign...

The article considers the main aspects of the formation of the foreign economic potential of the region as a factor of competitive development of the territory. The method of assessment of competitive development of the area and principles of realization of the foreign economic potential of the...

This paper identifies instruments for house prices and foreclosure rates and estimates a Dynamic Spatial Simultaneous Equation System (DSSES) to investigate the dynamics of them across space and time. Shocks to the foreclosure rate in one state not only affect house prices in that state but also...