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Agglomeration and the Location of Innovative Activity

Audretsch, David B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

Only a few years ago the conventional wisdom predicted that globalization would render the demise of the region as a meaningful unit of economic analysis. Yet the obsession of policy-makers around the globe to 'create the next Silicon Valley' reveals the increased importance of geographic...

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Innovation in Cities: Science-Based Diversity, Specialization and Localized Competition

Audretsch, David B; Feldman, Maryann P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

effect of the composition of economic activity on innovation. We test whether the specialization of economic activity within … together complementary activities, better promotes innovation. The evidence provides considerable support for the diversity …

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Endogenous Innovation Spillovers and Technology Policy

Katsoulacos, Yannis; Ulph, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

We examine a model of R&D competition and cooperation in the presence of spillovers. Unlike virtually all the literature, however, we treat these spillovers as endogenous and under the control of firms. We show that it is then essential to make a number of distinctions that are ignored in the...

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Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union

Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

other factors which may condition economic growth, such as innovation, migration, and the local ‘social filter’, taking also … into account the geographical component of intervention in transport infrastructure and innovation. The results of the two … filter’, good innovation capacity, both in the region and in neighbouring areas, and a region's capacity to attract migrants …

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The Geography of Development: Evaluating Migration Restrictions and Coastal Flooding

Desmet, Klaus; Nagy, David Krisztián; Rossi-Hansberg, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We study the relationship between geography and growth. To do so, we first develop a dynamic spatial growth theory with realistic geography. We characterize the model and its balanced growth path and propose a methodology to analyze equilibria with different levels of migration frictions. We...

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What Do We Know about Microfinance at Macro Glance?

Alimukhamedova, Nargiza; Hanousek, Jan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

The majority of microfinance impact studies focus on finding their effect on a specific group of beneficiaries, in contrast we aim to identify the impact on whole economies (economic growth, and financial sector development and reductions in income inequalities), which is an important policy...

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Economic Effects of the Abolition of Serfdom: Evidence from the Russian Empire

Markevich, Andrei; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We document a very large increase in agricultural productivity, peasants’ living standards, and industrial development in the 19th century Imperial Russia as a result of the abolition of serfdom. We construct a novel province-level panel dataset of development outcomes and conduct a...

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The Geography of Development within Countries

Desmet, Klaus; Henderson, J Vernon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This chapter describes how the spatial distribution of economic activity changes as economies develop and grow. We start with the relation between development and rural-urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural-urban distinction, we then focus on the continuum of locations in an economy...

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Germs, Social Networks and Growth

Fogli, Alessandra; Veldkamp, Laura - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Does the pattern of social connections between individuals matter for macroeconomic outcomes? If so, how does this effect operate and how big is it? Using network analysis tools, we explore how different social structures affect technology diffusion and thereby a country’s rate of...

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Making Progress on Foreign Aid

Qian, Nancy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Foreign aid is one of the most important policy tools that rich countries use for helping poor countries to improve population well-being and facilitate economic and institutional development. The empirical evidence on its benefits is mixed and has generated much controversy. This paper presents...

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