This paper analyses the factors affecting the price level of Hungarian residential real estate using individual sales data. We focus on the role of the location of the property. We show that geographical factors are relevant in explaining housing prices using traditional type groups constructed...

The aim of this paper is to investigate how the spatial equilibrium model applies to Hungary. For this we create a new database on modified micro-regional level between 2001 and 2014 with real estate/property market, labor market, regional and demographical data. We use this database to answer...

This paper presents four case-studies of economies with developed regional policies; the European Union, Spain, Italy and Brazil. These cases have been chosen due to their relevance when studying regional problems in Colombia. Regional policy has performed relatively poorly in all cases since...

This paper analyses the factors affecting the price level of Hungarian residential real estate using individual sales data. We focus on the role of the location of the property. We show that geographical factors are relevant in explaining housing prices using traditional type groups constructed...

The aim of this paper is to investigate how the spatial equilibrium model applies to Hungary. For this we create a new database on modified micro-regional level between 2001 and 2014 with real estate/property market, labor market, regional and demographical data. We use this database to answer...

We scrutinise in this paper the systemic consequences of state intervention triggered by external shocks for the dynamics of investment in the transforming Chinese economy. Our analysis focuses on the period before and after the global crisis. We interpret investment dynamics in a comparative...

Similarities of the applied technology and human resources make learning between industries easier and spillover effects stronger. For this reason, economic growth of countries and regions is largely dependent on the relatedness structure between their industries, which affects the appearance...

Using entropy indices and associated bootstrap tests, we describe the distribution of economic sectors across Western European regions over the 1975-2000 period. We decompose geographic concentration into its within-country and between-country components. In addition, we estimate centre...

The paper surveys the main trends of per capita income convergence in the European Union. It stresses that income disparities have ceased to diminish across the European regions since 1980, although convergence between countries has continued in this period. Income levels have diverged inside...

This paper presents the idea that retail trade stories might cluster with their competitors to pool marketing expenses and thereby increase their individual visibility among consumers. In a model which presumes such a marketing technology we derive some new comparative statics results. In a...