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Tondl, Gabriele; Vuksic, Goran - 2003

This paper analyses regional growth in Eastern Europe in the second half of the 1990s, when regional disparities sharply increased. We aim to identify the factors behind growth and investigate in particular the role of (foreign) investment, education and innovation as well as geographical...

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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)...

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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Hong Kong – China

Merk, Olaf; Li, Jing - 2013

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Hong Kong, an analysis of the impact of the port on the territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed...

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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Antofagasta – Chile

Merk, Olaf - 2013

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of ports of Antofagasta, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed...

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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Danube Axis (Bratislava, Štúrovo, Komárno – Slovak Republic)

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This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the inland ports of the Slovak Republic within the framework of the Danube Axis, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades...

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The competitiveness of global port-cities : the case of Shanghai – China

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This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Shanghai, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed to...

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The Changing Pattern of Regional Convergence in Europe

Tondl, Gabriele - 1998

The article provides an assessment of the regional convergence process between the Western European regions since the … 1950s. Two sets of issues are addressed: (a) Is there sufficient evidence of regional convergence? If so, has the speed of … convergence changed over time and is this speed satisfactory. (b) Is convergence a phenomenon limited to the core EC regions as …

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The Changing Pattern of Regional Convergence in Europe

Tondl, Gabriele - 1998

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Convergence after divergence? : regional growth in Europe

Tondl, Gabriele - 2001

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What makes regions in Eastern Europe catching up? : The role of foreign investment, human resources and geography

Tondl, Gabriele; Vuksic, Goran - 2003

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001781239