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Space and growth

Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004

This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …

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Global aging and economic convergence : a real option or still a case of science fiction?

Dalen, Hendrik P. van - 2007

How does global aging affect the convergence in global economic development? Both the developing and developed world …

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Decoupling economic growth and energy use : an empirical cross-country analysis for 10 manufacturing sectors

Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2004

This paper provides an empirical analysis of decoupling economic growth and energy use and its various determinants by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity across 10 manufacturing sectors and 14 OECD countries for the period 1970-1997. We explicitly aim to trace back aggregate...

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Dynamics and determinants of energy intensity in the service sector : a cross-country analysis, 1980–2005

Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Pfeiffer, Birte - 2013

We present a detailed analysis of energy intensity developments across 23 service sectors in 18 OECD countries over the period 1980-2005. We find that the shift towards a service economy has contributed to lower overall energy intensity levels in the OECD, but this contribution would have been...

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Convergence in total greenhouse gas emissions worldwide

Belloc, Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2023

This paper examines convergence patterns in total greenhouse gas emissions across 114 countries from 1990 to 2019 … broaden the study. We use the club convergence test to contrast the null hypothesis of convergence for a pool of data and … identify subgroups of convergence. The results reveal different clubs according to the air pollutant considered, indicating the …

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Growth and inequality : a meta-analysis

Dominicis, Laura de; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, … - 2006

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the impact of inequality on economic growth. Both theoretical and empirical approaches have produced ambiguous results on sign and size of this relationship. Although there is a considerable part of the literature that considers inequality...

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Growth effects of fiscal policies : a comparative analysis in a multi-country context

Brons, Martijn; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Nijkamp, Peter - 1999

The potential interactions among fiscal policies, investments and economicgrowth are complex and manifold.In this paper, we will perform a systematic comparative analysis of the variouseconomic insights that arecurrently available on these complex relationships, both theoretically (by aselective...

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Economic growth and the volatility of foreign aid

Chervin, Michal; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - 2009

Foreign aid’s effectiveness in promoting economic growth remains mired in controversy.We examine the impact of the volatility of aid on economic growth, controlling for the level of aid. A four-year panel analysis is conducted encompassing 155 countries over the period 1966-2001. We find that...

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Agriculture, transportation and the timing of urbanization : global analysis at the grid cell level

Motamed, Mesbah J.; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Masters, … - 2014

This paper addresses the timing of a location's historical transition from rural to urban activity. We test whether urbanization occurs sooner in places with higher agricultural potential and comparatively lower transport costs, using worldwide data that divide the earth's surface at half-degree...

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The effect of migration on income convergence : meta-analytic evidence

Ozgen, Ceren; Poot, Jacques; Nijkamp, Peter - 2009

in neoclassical convergence models and derive 57 comparable effect sizes. The data suggest that an increase in the net … net migration impact that is more consistent with endogenous self-reinforcing growth rather than neoclassical convergence …

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