A model of regional convergence is developed in which the pattern of convergence is attributed to the rate of … technology has a significant effect on regional growth patterns in Europe, and hence the analysis has important implications for … the direction of regional policy in Europe. …

question arises: how do the overall infrastructure conditions affect the absorptive ability of a regional economy? This … question can be stated alternatively as: what are the implications of a ‘poor’ or a ‘superior’ infrastructure for regional … convergence? It is possible to provide some answers to these questions by constructing a model of regional convergence that …

during the period 1991‒2008 and analyses the role of regional factors on firm-level R&D activities. As there is little … with a few states accounting for disproportionate share of it. Regional heterogeneity or inter-state disparities in R&D has … increased between the 1990s and the first decade of the twenty-first century. In view of this persistent regional heterogeneity …

regional level it is observed that within federations resource abundance is more of a blessing than a curse (while between them …

areas; a high degree of fiscal decentralization gives a resource abundant region an advantage in the inter-regional tax …

at a regional and a sectoral levels (NUTs II) for the period 1995-1999. The importance of some additional variables in … cumulative causation properties, explaining regional divergence. By introducing new variables to the original specification of …

productivity at regional level. Presenting some empirical evidence of absolute convergence of productivity for each of the economic …

some labor mobility in Portugal and that regional mobility is mainly influenced positively by the availability of housing …

conclusion it can be said which is confirmed the existence of some labor mobility in Portugal and that regional mobility is …