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Ready for take-off? The economic effects of regional airport expansions in Germany
Breidenbach, Philipp - In: Regional Studies 54 (2020) 8, pp. 1084-1097
Airports are an important factor of regional connectivity. Following the literature, a sufficiently dense airport network is an important determinant for growth. However, regional airports in Germany exhibit financial losses and depend on subsidies. This paper analyses the potential spillover...
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Is Migration Important for Regional Convergence? Comparative Evidence for Norwegian and Swedish Counties, 1980-2000
Østbye, Stein; Westerlund, Olle - In: Regional Studies 41 (2007) 7, pp. 901-915
Østbye S. and Westerlund O. (2007) Is migration important for regional convergence? Comparative evidence for Norwegian … and Swedish counties, 1980-2000 Regional Studies 41, 901-915. Regional convergence studies have relied on net migration … justified and, despite Sweden and Norway being similar in many ways, migration has very different effects on convergence in …
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New Evidence of Convergence Across Canadian Provinces: The Role of Urbanization
Coulombe, Serge - In: Regional Studies 34 (2000) 8, pp. 713-725
COULOMBE S. (2000) New evidence of convergence across Canadian provinces: the role of urbanization, Reg. Studies 34 …, 713-725. This paper uses the conditional convergence model for explaining the relative evolution of per capita income … steady state. The analysis also indicates that for the provinces of Alberta and Quebec, the convergence process was disturbed …
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Human Capital, Urbanization and Canadian Provincial Growth
Coulombe, Serge - In: Regional Studies 37 (2003) 3, pp. 239-250
investigates the conditional convergence of both human capital indicators and nominal per capita income across Canadian provinces … empiriques par panel, cet article cherche a examiner la convergence conditionnelle et des indicateurs du capital humain, et du …
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Solow and the states: New evidence
Yamarik, Steven - In: Regional Studies 40 (2006) 6, pp. 571-582
convergence in state-level growth rates is found. Second, the rate of convergence and capital share are inversely related …. Moreover, numerical computations show that the estimated values for the convergence rate and capital share are consistent with … fortes preuves en faveur de la convergence des taux de croissance sur le plan des etats. Dans un deuxieme temps, le taux de …
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Diversification, specialization, convergence and divergence of sectoral employment structures in the British urban system, 1991-2001
O'Donoghue, Dan; Townshend, Ivan - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 5, pp. 585-601
O'Donoghue D. and Townshend I. J. (2005) Diversification, specialization, convergence and divergence of sectoral …
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On regional growth convergence in Great Britain
Henley, Andrew - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 9, pp. 1245-1260
Henley A. (2005) On regional growth convergence in Great Britain, Regional Studies 39 , 1245-1260. This paper examines … recent sub-regional output data for Great Britain to identify possible economic convergence. It concludes that sub …-regional data are subject to substantial spatial autocorrelation. Conventional estimates of 'beta' convergence are subject to …
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Optimal endowments of public capital: An empirical analysis for the Spanish regions
Bajo-Rubio, Oscar; Diaz-Roldan, Carmen - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 3, pp. 297-304
Bajo-Rubio O. and Diaz-Roldan C. (2005) Optimal endowments of public capital: an empirical analysis for the Spanish regions, Regional Studies 39 , 297-304. Regional infrastructure policies, through increased public investment, are widely used to promote the development of poorer regions in...
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Regional effects of professional sports franchises: causal evidence from four European football leagues
Brachert, Matthias - In: Regional Studies (2020) Latest Articles, pp. 1-12
The locational pattern of clubs in four professional football leagues in Europe is used to test the causal effect of relegations on short-run regional development. The study relies on the relegation mode of the classical round-robin tournament in the European model of sport to develop a...
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Social capital, economic growth and regional development
Iyer, Sriya; Kitson, Michael; Toh, Bernard - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 8, pp. 1015-1040
Iyer S., Kitson M. and Toh B. (2005) Social capital, economic growth and regional development, Regional Studies 39 , 1015-1040. This paper examines the relationships between social capital, economic performance and regional development, and it stresses the complexity and variability across space...
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