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Industry interconnectedness and regional economic growth in Germany

Shutters, Shade T.; Seibert, Holger; Alm, Bastian; … - 2021

Urban systems, and regions more generally, are the epicenters of many of today's social issues. Yet they are also the global drivers of technological innovation and thus it is critical that we understand their vulnerabilities and what makes them resilient to different types of shocks. We take...

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Forecasting and simulation of the impact of public policies on industrial districts using an agent-based model : ZU SS Industrial districts/industrial clusters and related place-based Policies in a changing Europe : special session at 52st European Congress of the Regional Science Association International

Pablo-Marti, Federico; Santos, Juan Luis; … - 2012

policy instruments. In conventional models interactions are indirect, but agent-based modeling (ABM) allow simulating a … clusters structure and performance in stochastic terms thus enabling a better assessment of policy outcomes taking into account … better assessment of both policy outcomes and the certainty about the results. …

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No Fracking Way : An Empirical Investigation of Local Shale Development Bans in New York

Cecot, Caroline - 2018

high-volume hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling (collectively, fracking) within their borders, hindering a … national energy policy that relies on continued access to natural gas trapped within shale formations. This Article takes an … empirical look at what might motivate these local anti-fracking measures by analyzing the behavior of New York towns from 2010 …

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Regulation of Radioactive Fracking Wastes

Geltman, Elizabeth; LeClair, Nichole - 2018

Natural gas extracted form shale reached record production totals in 2015 in the United States and the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts natural gas production will continue to increase. Wastes from shale gas extraction can contain the radioactive isotopes radium-226 (Ra-226)...

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Can natural gas save lives? : evidence from the deployment of a fuel delivery system in a developing country

Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2016

There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in the last two decades, triggered by the deployment of natural gas networks. In this paper, we examine the impact of this development on mortality among adults and the elderly. Our...

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Spatial Analysis of Dumpsites Volumes from Rural Territory Case Study : Neamt County, Romania

Mihai, Florin - 2015

Open dumps was the main option of the local communities in household waste management, this practice being banned after July 16, 2009. The paper examines the correlation between dumpsites volumes, population density and local geographical conditions in the context that in most rural...

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Quasi-Experimental Methods in Empirical Regional Science and Policy Analysis – Is There a Scope for Application?

Mitze, Timo - 2012

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Quasi-experimental methods in empirical regional science and policy analysis : is there a scope for application?

Mitze, Timo; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Alecke, Björn - 2012

Applied econometrics has recently emphasized the identification of causal parameters for policy analysis. This … great value for regional policy analysis and should be the subject of future research efforts in the field of empirical … regional science. -- Generalized propensity score ; nearest neighbor matching ; labor productivity growth ; regional policy …

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Intra-urban disparities in the quality of life in the city of Porto : a spatial analysis contribution

Santos, Luís Delfim; Martins, Isabel - 2014

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are an essential tool to integrate and manage large amounts of data (statistical and graphical) and to visualise the modelling efforts of the contemporary city. The further use of spatial analysis methods, in particular the exploratory analysis of data and...

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Innovation policy in city-regions : internationalization strategies as policy instruments : paper delivered to the 52nd European Congress of the Regional Science Association., Brat...

Holmen, Ann Karin T.; Farsund, Arild Aurvåg - 2012 - First draft

make the conditions favorable for companies competing internationally. A portfolio of policy instruments has been … these policy instruments are developed and made use of. Ruud, Smits and Kuhlmann (2004) argue that portfolios are heavily … what degree is policy tools developed and adapted to companies needs in the regional innovation system? This study …

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