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Convergence across subnational regions of Bangladesh : what the night lights data say?
Basher, Syed Abul; Behtarin, Jobaida; Rashid, Salim - In: World development sustainability 1 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13
We examine economic convergence among subnational regions of Bangladesh over the period 1992-2013. Unavailability of … literature, we use night lights intensity as a proxy for local economic activity to test the convergence hypothesis. Our results … show the existence of both absolute and conditional convergence in night lights intensity, but with a very long half …
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Economic Structure, Technology Diffusion and Convergence: The Case of the Italian Regions
Lanzafame, Matteo - School of Economics, University of Kent - 2005
convergence. Specifically, treating technology as sector-specific and modelling technological spillovers as a positive function of … an "extended" convergence equation. The latter is then estimated by means of Panel Data procedures and data on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181033
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Regional value added in Italy over the long run (1891-2001): linking indirect estimates with official figures, and implications
Felice, Emanuele - Unitat d'Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de … - 2011
international debate on regional convergence, where it stands out for the long run persistence of its disparities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804601
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Going NUTS: the effect of EU structural funds on regional performance
Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; von Ehrlich, Maximilian; … - 2008
The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states to allow them to catch up with the EU average. Under the Objective 1 scheme, NUTS2 regions with a GDP per capita level below 75% of the EU average qualify for structural funds transfers from the central EU budget....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273782
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Ports and regional development : a European perspective
Ferrari, Claudio; Merk, Olaf; Bottasso, Anna; Conti, … - 2012
This paper studies the impact of port activity on regional employment, analysing approximately 560 western European regions, including the largest OECD European ports (116 ports), from 2000-06. The empirical analysis is based on a set of employment equations using the Blundell and Bond (1998)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009688656
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Going NUTS : the effect of EU structural funds on regional performance
Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; Ehrlich, Maximilian Von; … - 2008
The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states to allow them to catch up with the EU average. Under the Objective 1 scheme, NUTS2 regions with a GDP per capita level below 75% of the EU average qualify for structural funds transfers from the central EU budget....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003803543
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Regional Industrial Growth in Mexico : Do Human Capital and Infrastructure Matter?
Brock, Gregory J. - 2015
A production function analysis of the 32 Mexican regions reveals almost no technological progress and human capital impact in Mexican industry over a 44 year period. While extensive growth is found prior to 1985, little evidence for extensive or intensive growth except for the labor input is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036401
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Going NUTS: The Effect of EU Structural Funds on Regional Performance
Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; Ehrlich, Maximilian Von; … - CESifo - 2008
The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states to allow them to catch up with the EU average. Under the Objective 1 scheme, NUTS2 regions with a GDP per capita level below 75% of the EU average qualify for structural funds transfers from the central EU budget....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766292
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Do fiscal transfers foster regional economic growth?
Mose, Naftaly - In: Financial internet quarterly 17 (2021) 1, pp. 19-27
Fiscal transfer development across the world today has been in part driven by assertions of a supposed ‘economic dividend’ linked with the devolved financial spending. There is, however, little empirical evidence to validate these assertions in Kenya. It is against this background that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012588921
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Do Fiscal Transfers Foster Regional Economic Growth?
Mose, Naftaly - 2021
Fiscal transfer development across the world today has been in part driven by assertions of a supposed ‘economic dividend’ linked with the devolved financial spending. There is, however, little empirical evidence to validate these assertions in Kenya. It is against this background that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212842