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Is regional innovative activity path-dependent? An empirical analysis for Germany
Bode, Eckhardt - 2001
Based on a standard idea-based model of endogenous growth we test the hypothesis that regional innovative activity is path-dependent, and investigate the geographical scope of knowledge spillovers. Using data for West-German regions, two alternative indicators of the stock of knowledge are...
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Regionale Verteilung raumwirksamer finanzieller Staatshilfen im Kontext regionalwirtschaftlicher Entwicklung
Plankl, Reiner - 2012
Der Arbeitsbericht beschreibt unter Bezug auf die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung die regionale Verteilung regionalwirtschaftlich relevanter raumwirksamer finanzieller Staatshilfen in der Förderperiode 1995 bis 2008. Betrachtungseinheiten sind die Bundesländer sowie die ländlichen und nicht...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309244
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Regional infrastructure policy and its impact on productivity: a comparison of Germany and France
Stephan, Andreas - 2001
This paper describes the different institutional frameworks for infrastructure policy in Germany and France. The economic effects of infrastructure are estimated econometrically for German and French regions. We find evidence that regional road infrastructure has a significant impact on regional...
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The German Energiewende under attack: Is there an irrational Sonderweg?
Gawel, Erik; Strunz, Sebastian; Lehmann, Paul - 2012
The German energy transition repeatedly faces harsh critiques questioning its economic and environmental merit. This article defends the Energiewende and argues that Germany has chosen a rational and particularly forceful approach to securing sustainable energy supply. Though current...
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Do more chargers mean more electric cars?
Sommer, Stephan; Vance, Colin - 2021
Drawing on panel data from Germany, this paper estimates the relationship between charging infrastructure and the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). We specify models with fixed effects and instrumental variables to gauge the robustness of our findings in the face of alternative channels through...
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Infrastructure, institutions and identity - Determinants of regional development: Empirical evidence from Germany
Gäbler, Stefanie - 2020
Stefanie Gäbler prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy. The study was completed in March 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of six distinct empirical essays...
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Are Regional Differences in Utility Eliminated over Time? Evidence from Germany
Maddison, David; Rehdanz, Katrin - 2007
Hedonic theory assumes that changes in land prices and wage rates eliminate the utility advantages of differing locations. Using happiness data from the German socio-economic panel this paper empirically tests whether regional utility differences exist and if so whether utility levels show any...
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Housing market convergence: Evidence from Germany
Unal, Umut; Hayo, Bernd; Erol, Isil - 2022
This paper provides an analysis of the convergence pattern of German housing prices and rents employing a new dataset … that covers all the country's administrative districts. In addition to conventional tests for β-convergence and δ-convergence … districts. Our results reveal no evidence of convergence across Germany or within states; rather, we discover widespread …
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Unit labor cost growth differentials in the Euro area, Germany, and the US: lessons from PANIC and cluster analysis
Fritsche, Ulrich; Kuzin, Vladimir - 2007
area, and narrower differences in labour productivity growth (Alvarez et al., 2006). We investigate convergence of … factors are much less important in explaining the variance of ULC growth. We report evidence for convergence clusters in all …
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Vom asymmetrischen Euro-Regime in die Transferunion: Und was die deutsche Politik dagegen tun könnte
Scharpf, Fritz W. - 2017
. The asymmetric euro regime is meant to achieve convergence through the enforced structural transformation of Southern …
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