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What Makes Cities More Productive? Evidence on the Role of Urban Governance from Five OECD Countries

Ahrend, Rudiger; Farchy, Emily; Kaplanis, Ioannis; … - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2014

(Germany, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States). It highlights the relationship between cities’ governmental … internationally harmonised definition of cities based on economic linkages rather than administrative boundaries. In line with the … positively associated with the population size of nearby cities. On the governance side, the paper finds that cities with …

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The spatial dimension of productivity : connecting the dots across industries, firms and places

Tsvetkova, Alexandra; Ahrend, Rudiger; … - 2020

This working paper offers a synthesis of the current knowledge on the determinants of productivity. It carefully reviews both “spatial” (e.g. agglomerations, infrastructure, geography) and “aspatial” (e.g. human capital, labour regulations, industry-level innovation and dynamism)...

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On City Size Distribution: Evidence from OECD Functional Urban Areas

Veneri, Paolo - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013

robustness check is carried out using a traditional administrative definition of cities. Results show that Zipf’s law describes … the data when using a traditional administrative definition of cities. …

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The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of the Seine Axis (Le Havre, Rouen, Paris, Caen), France

Merk, Olaf; Ducruet, César; Dubarle, Patrick; … - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2011

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the ports of the Seine Axis (Le Havre, Rouen, Caen and Paris), as well as an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines declining port performance in...

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The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Hamburg, Germany

Merk, Olaf; Hesse, Markus - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2012

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the Port of Hamburg, as well as an analysis of the port?s impact on its territory and an assessment of relevant policies and governance. It examines port performance in the last decade and identifies the principal factors that have...

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Assessing Polycentric Urban Systems in the OECD: Country, Regional and Metropolitan Perspectives

Brezzi, Monica; Veneri, Paolo - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2014

Contemporary urban systems in OECD countries are structured around functional regions, which often overcome established city boundaries. Reading space in terms of functional regions allows assessing changes in urban hierarchies and spatial structures, including the polycentricity of urban...

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Urban-to-Rural Population Growth Linkages: Evidence from OECD TL3 Regions

Veneri, Paolo; Ruiz, Vicente - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013

The objective of this paper is to better understand how the population growth rates of rural regions are affected by their closeness to urban regions and by the economic performance of the latter. By means of a cross-sectional analysis of OECD TL3 regions, it identifies the growth spillover...

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The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Danube Axis (Bratislava, Štúrovo, Komárno), Slovak Republic

Bossche, Marten van den; Merk, Olaf; Li, Jing - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013

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 Helsinki, Finland

Merk, Olaf; Hilmola, Olli-Pekka; Dubarle, Patrick - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2012

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the Port of Helsinki, as well as an analysis of the port?s impact on its territory and an assessment of relevant policies and governance. It examines declining port performance in the last decade and identifies the principal factors...

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The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Mersin, Turkey

Merk, Olaf; Bagis, Oguz - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013

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

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277070