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This article examines the relationship between income inequality and economic growth in the regions of several European Union countries over the period 1993—2002, using the information provided by the European Community Household Panel. Taking into consideration the relevance of spatial...
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This paper examines the distribution dynamics of regional per capita income in the European Union between 1977 and 1999. To achieve this aim, a non-parametric approach is combined with the information provided by various measures used in the literature on personal income distribution. The...
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This paper examines spatial polarisation in the regional distribution of per capita income in a set of European Union countries over the period 1980-2001. The analysis reveals marked differences in the level and evolution of regional polarisation within the various countries considered. In...
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One of the key benefits of cities is that they allow the exchange of knowledge and information between economic actors. This may have two effects: it may create the conditions for entirely new innovations to emerge; and, it may allow firms to learn innovations from those nearby. Yet few studies...
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The southward enlargement of the European Community with the full accession of Spain and Portugal in 1986 and the creation of the Single Market in 1993 have opened up new opportunities for exports to the EU and have intensified competition with Spanish-made products in the rest of the EU. This...
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This paper looks at the geographical dimension of firm networking in Norway, by examining the impact of manager-level, firm-level and regional-level variables on the decisions of firms to collaborate with partners at different levels of geographical distance. Using data stemming from a survey of...
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