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Regional dynamics of economic performance in the EU: To what extent spatial spillovers matter?

Özyurt, Selin; Dées, Stéphane - 2015

This paper investigates the main determinants of economic performance in the EU from a regional perspective, covering 253 regions over the period 2001-2008. In addition to the traditional determinants of economic performance, measured by GDP per capita, the analysis accounts for spatial effects...

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International R&D Spillovers: Technology Transfer vs. R&D Synergies

Dieppe, Alistair; Mutl, Jan - 2013

We estimate a model of international technological spillovers that allows for both international and inter-sectoral technology transfer, as well as international and intersectoral synergies in research and development (R&D). Furthermore we allow for a dynamic interaction in explaining total...

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International R&D Spillovers : Technology Transfer vs. R&D Synergies

Dieppe, Alistair - 2013

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Do EU structural funds promote regional employment? Evidence from dynamic panel data models

Mohl, Philipp; Hagen, Tobias - 2011

Despite its rather broad goal of promoting “economic, social and territorial cohesion”, the existing literature has mainly focused on investigating the Cohesion Policy’s growth effects. This ignores the fact that part of the EU expenditures is directly aimed at reducing disparities in the...

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Do EU Structural Funds Promote Regional Employment? Evidence from Dynamic Panel Data

Mohl, Philipp - 2011

Despite its rather broad goal of promoting 'economic, social and territorial cohesion', the existing literature has mainly focused on investigating the Cohesion Policy's growth effects. This ignores the fact that part of the EU expenditures is directly aimed at reducing disparities in the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118136

Information technology in banking and entrepreneurship

Ahnert, Toni; Dörr, Sebastian; Pierri, Nicola; Timmer, … - 2024

We study the importance of information technology (IT) in banking for entrepreneurship. Guided by a parsimonious model …. We present evidence consistent with banks' IT adoption spurring entrepreneurship through a collateral channel …: entrepreneurship increases by more in IT-exposed counties when house prices rise. Further analysis suggests that IT improves banks …

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Can government intervention make firms more investment-ready? A randomized experiment in the Western Balkans

Cusolito, Ana Paula; Dautovic, Ernest; McKenzie, David J. - 2020

Innovative firms with good ideas may still struggle to fine-tune them to the stage where they can attract outside funding. We conduct a five-country randomized experiment that tests the impact of an investment readiness program. Firms then pitched their ideas to independent judges. The program...

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House prices, home equity and entrepreneurships

Corradin, Stefano; Popov, Alexander - 2013

% increase in home equity raises the probability of transition into entrepreneurship by up to 14%. Our results persist when we …

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When did the dollar overtake sterling as the leading international currency? Evidence from the bond markets

Eichengreen, Barry; Mehl, Arnaud; Chiţu, Livia - 2012

This paper offers new evidence on the emergence of the dollar as the leading international currency, focusing on its role as currency of denomination in global bond markets. We show that the dollar overtook sterling much earlier than commonly supposed, as early as in 1929. Financial market...

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Unraveling the drivers of energy-saving technical change

Känzig, Diego R.; Williamson, Charles - 2024

We explore the increasing divergence between economic growth and energy consumption through energy-saving technical progress. Proposing a new measure of energy-saving technology, we study the underlying drivers in a semi-structural model of the U.S. economy. Our analysis shows that energy price...

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