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The effects of agglomeration on wages: evidence from the micro-level
Fingleton, Bernard; Longhi, Simonetta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
This paper estimates individual wage equations in order to test two rival non-nested theories of economic agglomeration, namely New Economic Geography (NEG), as represented by the NEG wage equation and urban economic (UE) theory, in which wages relate to employment density. The paper makes an...
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Business fluctuations in Imperial Austria's regions, 1867-1913: new evidence
Ciccarelli, Carlo; Missiaia, Anna - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper presents annual estimates of total and per-capita GDP at 1910 prices for the regions of Imperial Austria from the origin of the Dual Monarchy (1867) to the eve of WWI (1913). The time paths of regional GDP are estimated from the yield of the tax on the transfer of real and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125886
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Here be startups: exploring a young digital cluster in inner East London
Nathan, Max; Vandore, Emma - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
The digital industries cluster known as 'Silicon Roundabout' has been quietly growing in East London since the 1990s … wish to accelerate the local area's development: such cluster policies are back in vogue as part of a re-awakened interest … ecosystem, however, and existing cluster policies have a high failure rate. This paper performs a detailed mixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126076
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Regional growth and national development: transition in Central and Eastern Europe and the regional Kuznets curve in the East and the West
Monastiriotis, Vassilis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Regional disparities in Central and Eastern Europe rose substantially since 1990. Still, prima facie evidence of beta-convergence is often found in the CEE data. To reconcile this seeming paradox, we sketch out and test empirically a hybrid model of regional growth that draws on the regional...
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Great Britain's second-order city regions in recessions, 1978-2010
Champion, Tony; Townsend, Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
While it is now accepted that the 2008-09 recession accentuated regional differences in Britain, it is more difficult to identify the role of major cities, especially over a longer time scale. Using previously established methods focussed on employment, this paper assesses the record of nine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126441
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Urban growth drivers in a Europe of sticky people and implicit boundaries
Cheshire, Paul; Magrini, Stefano - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
We investigate urban GDP per capita growth across the EU12 using data for functionally defined cities—rather than administrative regions. We test hypotheses on the role of human capital, EU integration and fragmentation of urban government and explore spatial dependence and mechanisms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071521
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The long-term consequences of regional specialization
Michaels, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The Long-Term Consequences of Regional Specialization* What are the consequences of resource-based regional specialization, when it persists over a long period of time? While much of the literature argues that specialization is beneficial, recent work suggests it may be costly in the long run,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744966
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Regional growth and regional decline
Breinlich, Holger; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Temple, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
Since the early 1990s, there has been a renaissance in the study of regional growth, spurred by new models, methods and data. We survey a range of modelling traditions, and some formal approaches to the ’hard problem’ of regional economics, namely the joint consideration of agglomeration and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745338
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The long term consequences of resource based specialization
Michaels, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
The Long-Term Consequences of Regional Specialization* What are the consequences of resource-based regional specialization, when it persists over a long period of time? While much of the literature argues that specialization is beneficial, recent work suggests it may be costly in the long run,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745354
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Undermining the principle of concentration?: European Union regional policy and the socio-economic disadvantage of European regions
Crescenzi, Riccardo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
This paper sets out to analyse the regional policy of the European Union by assessing whether the actual distribution of funds to the regions undermines the principle of territorial concentration. The empirical analysis shows that, due to either political equilibriums or inaccurate assumptions...
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